Skinner, Burrhus Frederic

Skinner, Burrhus Frederic


1904990

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, WRITER

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Ph.D., 1931

Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner (1904990) is considered by most to be one of the pivotal psychologists of the twentieth century. Both his followers and detractors alike agree that his tireless work in behaviorism has significantly changed the landscape of psychology in general and the perception of how behavior is understood by both scientists and common people. His theories, though modified in various...

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