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  2. www.simplypsychology.org › operant-conditioningOperant Conditioning In Psychology: B.F. Skinner Theory

    Feb 2, 2024 · B.F Skinner is regarded as the father of operant conditioning and introduced a new term to behavioral psychology, reinforcement. Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

  3. www.verywellmind.com › operant-conditioning-a2-2794863Operant Conditioning: What It Is, How It Works, and Examples

    Feb 24, 2023 · Operant conditioning was first described by behaviorist B.F. Skinner, which is why you may occasionally hear it referred to as Skinnerian conditioning. As a behaviorist, Skinner believed that it was not really necessary to look at internal thoughts and motivations in order to explain behavior.

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  5. psychcentral.com › health › operant-conditioningWhat Is Operant Conditioning? I Psych Central

    Nov 11, 2021 · Put forward by B.F. Skinner in the 1930s, operant conditioning is a learning theory that describes how behavior can be shaped by specific consequences called reinforcers and punishers.

  6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesOperant Conditioning - PMC - National Center for ...

    The term operant conditioning 1 was coined by B. F. Skinner in 1937 in the context of reflex physiology, to differentiate what he was interested in—behavior that affects the environment—from the reflex-related subject matter of the Pavlovians. The term was novel, but its referent was not entirely new.

    • J. E. R. Staddon, D. T. Cerutti
    • 2003
    • 10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145124

  7. psychology.fas.harvard.edu › people › b-f-skinnerB. F. Skinner | Department of Psychology

    In the laboratory, Skinner refined the concept of operant conditioning and the Law of Effect. Among his contributions were a systematic exploration of intermittent schedules of reinforcement, the shaping of novel behavior through successive approximations, the chaining of complex behavioral sequences via secondary (learned) reinforcers, and ...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Operant_conditioningOperant conditioning - Wikipedia

    B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) is referred to as the Father of operant conditioning, and his work is frequently cited in connection with this topic. His 1938 book "The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis", [6] initiated his lifelong study of operant conditioning and its application to human and animal behavior.

  9. pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu › psychology › chapterOperant Conditioning – Psychology - UH Pressbooks

    (a) B. F. Skinner developed operant conditioning for systematic study of how behaviors are strengthened or weakened according to their consequences. (b) In a Skinner box, a rat presses a lever in an operant conditioning chamber to receive a food reward. (credit a: modification of work by “Silly rabbit”/Wikimedia Commons)

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