Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

While I appreciate David P. Barash’s fine essays, I take exception to his latest (“B.F. Skinner, Revisited,” The Chronicle Review, April 1). In it, he manages to misrepresent the views of not one but ...

Des Moines, Iowa – May 1, 2009 – When Dr. Paul Naour was looking for a conclusion to his book detailing a previously unknown 1987 tape recording of a conversation regarding human behavior between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While he might not be a household name for most people, B.F. Skinner is one of the most important psychologists in history due to ...

Some Historical and Conceptual Background to the Development of B.F. Skinner's "Radical Behaviorism" — Part 1 Some Historical and Conceptual Background to the Development of B.F. Skinner's "Radical ...

What is operant conditioning? We’ll explore this learning theory and how it’s different techniques can be used in everyday and clinical settings. Operant conditioning, also known as instrumental ...

If you took a psychology class in high school or college, you may remember something about the work of B.F. Skinner, one of the most famous psychologists of the 20th century. He’s the guy who trained ...

Over the years, I have often heard faculty describe their role as creating an engaging learning environment, effectively delivering content, and instilling in students a “love of learning.” This ...

In my pathway to the undergraduate degree in psychology and then the doctoral degree, I took many psychology courses in which I learned about the classical theories going back to the turn of the 20th ...