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      • Psychologist B.F. Skinner began working on ideas of human behavior after earning his doctorate from Harvard. Skinner's works include The Behavior of Organisms (1938) and a novel based on his theories Walden Two (1948).
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  2. Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.

  3. May 14, 2024 · B.F. Skinner (born March 20, 1904, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 18, 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American psychologist and an influential exponent of behaviourism, which views human behaviour in terms of responses to environmental stimuli and favours the controlled, scientific study of responses as the most direct means of elucidating human nature.

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  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Photo: Bachrach. (1904-1990) Who Was B.F. Skinner? Psychologist B.F. Skinner began working on ideas of human behavior after earning his doctorate from Harvard. Skinner's works include The...

  5. May 16, 2024 · His 1971 book Beyond Freedom and Dignity made B.F. Skinner a lightning rod for controversy since his work seemed to imply that humans did not truly possess free will. His 1974 book About Behaviorism was written, in part, to dispel many of the rumors about his theories and research.

  6. This conception of language as an abstraction was commonplace in 19th-century linguistics. Two of these linguists, Max Müller (1823–1900) and Philipp Wegener (1848–1916), although not mentioned in Verbal Behavior, are mentioned in Skinner's William James Lectures, 2 given in 1947 at Harvard University.

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    • 2012
    • Behav Anal. 2012 Spring; 35(1): 115-126.
  7. Although he originally intended to make a career as a writer, Skinner received his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard in 1931, and stayed on as a researcher until 1936, when he departed to take academic posts at the University of Minnesota and Indiana University. He returned to Harvard in 1948 as a professor, and was the Edgar Pierce Professor of ...

  8. Sep 7, 2023 · One of the earliest scientific explanations of language acquisition was provided by Skinner (1957). As one of the pioneers of behaviorism , he accounted for language development using environmental influence, through imitation, reinforcement, and conditioning.

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