B. F. Skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist and author. He conducted pioneering work on experimental psychology and advocated behaviorism, which seeks to understand behavior as a function of environmental histories of reinforcement. He also wrote a number of controversial works in which he proposed the widespread use of psychological behavior modification techniques (primarily operant conditioning) in order to improve society and increase human happiness.

External links

• National Academy of Sciences biography.
• The B. F. Skinner Foundation.
• B.F. Skinner profile, NNDB.
• Los Horcones Walden Two Community.
• The Case Against B. F. Skinner, by Noam Chomsky
• I was not a lab rat, response by Skinner's daughter about the "baby box".

Articles by Skinner:

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• Two Types of Conditioned Reflex and a Pseudo Type (1935)
• "Superstition" in the Pigeon (1947)
• Are Theories of Learning Necessary? (1950)