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1904-1990
America's Preeminent Behavioral Psychologist
Literature's Loss Is Psychology's Gain.
The Theory of Operant Conditioning.
Project Pigeon.
The Social Inventor.
A Design for Living.
Contributions.
His critics were concerned that control of behavior violated a person's free will, but Skinner countered, claiming he was scientifically analyzing the behavioral controls of parents, teachers, and the environment. "I am not trying to change people," he insisted. "All I want to do is change the world in which they live." His ideas of operant conditioning have been successfully used in education, behavior therapy, and in many weight-control and smoking clinics.Sources:
Daniel W. Bjork, B. F. Skinner. A Life (New York: Basic Books, 1993);
Obituary, New York Times (20 August 1990): 1+.
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