Burrhus Frederic Skinner (Mairch 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990), commonly kent as B. F. Skinner, wis an American psychologist, behaviourist, author, inventor, an social filosofer.[2][3][4][5] He wis the Edgar Pierce Professor o Psychology at Harvard Varsity frae 1958 till his retirement in 1974.[6]

B. F. Skinner
Skinner at the Harvard Psychology Department, c. 1950
Born20 Mairch 1904(1904-03-20)
Susquehanna, Pennsylvanie
Dee'd18 August 1990(1990-08-18) (aged 86)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NaitionalityAmerican
Alma materHamilton College
Harvard Varsity
Kent forOperant condeetionin
Operant condeetioning chamber
Radical behaviourism
Hauf-marrae(s)Yvonne (Eve) Blue (-efter 1990)[1]
AwairdsNaitional Medal o Science (1968)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, lingueestics, filosofie
InstitutionsVarsity o Minnesota
Indiana Varsity
Harvard Varsity
InfluencesCharles Darwin
Ivan Pavlov
Ernst Mach
Jacques Loeb
Edward Thorndike
William James
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Henry David Thoreau
Signatur

References eedit

  1. Sobel, Dava (20 August 1990). "B. F. Skinner, the Champion Of Behaviorism, Is Dead at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. Smith, L. D.; Woodward, W. R. (1996). B. F. Skinner and behaviorism in American culture. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press. ISBN 0-934223-40-8.
  3. Skinner, B. F. (1948). Walden Two. The science of human behavior is used to eliminate poverty, sexual expression, government as we know it, create a lifestyle without that such as war.
  4. Skinner, B. F. (1972). Beyond freedom and dignity. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-553-14372-7. OCLC 34263003.
  5. "Skinner, Burrhus Frederic". behavioranalysishistory.pbworks.com.
  6. Muskingum.edu Archived 2007-04-04 at the Wayback Machine