B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner People do on a day to day basis, many actions without realizing it, and most of the time, they dont know why they do them.  Certain reinforcements, some positive, and some negative have conditioned their actions and thoughts.  All organisms, including humans, are greatly influenced by the consequences produced by their own … Read more

Burris Frederic Skinner was born on March 20th, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. His mother, Grace M. Burrhus, was a stenographer and a secretary, in a law office and later in a railroad chief executive’s office. His father, William A. Skinner, was an attorney, who studied law with another local attorney at a New York Law … Read more