Burrhus Frederic Skinner was one of the preeminent American psychologists of the 20th century. B.F. Skinner founded “radical behaviorism”—a twist on traditional behaviorism, a field of ...

Burrhus Frederic Skinner became one of the nation’s most influential psychologists. His theory of operant conditioning, with its ideas about reinforcement through rewards and punishments ...

Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B.F. Skinner, was an American psychologist who spent his career studying concepts of behaviorism. Behaviorism is an approach to psychology that focuses ...

Burrhus Frederic Skinner studied observable behavior along with its causes and consequences. He showed how people given positive reinforcement are likely to repeat the action. When a small ...

One of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes was awarded posthumously to Burrhus F. Skinner (1904-1990), a well-known American psychologist, for what he himself called a “crackpot” project in 1960 to ...

Mechanic Frederick Skinner offered the girl a car-washing job at his workshop in exchange for pocket money. His grooming started immediately, with the 59-year-old brushing past the youngster as ...