Burrhus Frederic (“B.F.”) Skinner was an American #psychologist whose pioneering work in #experim…
Burrhus Frederic (“B.F.”) Skinner was an American #psychologist whose pioneering work in #experimental psychology promoted #behaviorism, shaping #behavior through positive and negative #reinforcement and demonstrated operant #conditioning.
The “Skinner box” he used in experiments from 1930 remains famous.
To investigate the #learning processes of animals, he observed their behaviour in a simple box with a lever which, when activated by the animal, would give a #reward (or punishment). The reward, such as pellets of food or water, acts as a primary reinforcer. He observed the behaviour of animals #adapted to utilize the opportunity for a reward. He extended his theories to the behaviour of humans, as a form of #SocialEngineering.
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