B.F. Skinner was an American psychologist and an influential advocate of behaviorism, which views human behavior in terms of physiological responses to the environment and regards the controlled, scientific study of response as the most direct means of...

The American experimental psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) became the chief exponent of that form of behaviorism known as operationism, or operant behaviorism. Born in Susquehanna, Ohio, B. F. Skinner attended Hamilton College. He then...

The American experimental psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904--1990) became the chief exponent of that form of behaviorism known as operationism, or operant behaviorism. Born in Susquehanna, Ohio, B. F. Skinner attended Hamilton College. He...

Skinner, B. F.(1904 152. Quine, W. V. Word and Object. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960. Rachlin, Howard. Behavior and Mind: The Roots of Modern Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Schwartz, Barry, and Hugh Lacey. Behaviorism, Science,...

The reinventor and foremost champion of behaviorist psychology, Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904–1990) was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania on March 20, and died at age 86 in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 18. Building on the work of Ivan...

1904-1990 American Psychologist During the mid-twentieth century, B. F. Skinner became the most widely known proponent of behaviorism in psychology, the theory that human behavior is primarily a matter of conditioned responses to stimuli. In fact,...

1904–1990 AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, WRITER HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Ph.D., 1931 Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner (1904–1990) is considered by most to be one of the pivotal psychologists of the twentieth century. Both his followers and detractors...

O'DONOHUE, WILLIAM, & FERGUSON, KYLE E. (2001). The psychology of B. F. Skinner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Pp. x + 286. ISBN-13: 978-0761917595. $54.95 PB. Since his death in 1990, at least half a dozen major examinations of...

B. F. Skinner of Cambridge, world-famous grandfather of behavioral psychology and professor emeritus in psychology at Harvard University, died Saturday in Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge after a nearly yearlong battle with leukemia. He was 86. Mr. Skinner, who was honored a week...

Provides biographical detail on the life of Borris Frederick Skinner. Describes his early life and education. Explores his contribution to the field of behavioral psychology.