B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth20 March 1904
CitySusquehana Depot, PA
CountryUnited States of America
B. F. Skinner quotes about
problem construction problem-solving
Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli
beautiful men light
No theory changes what it is a theory about. Nothing is changed because we look at it, talk about it, or analyze it in a new way. Keats drank confusion to Newton for analyzing the rainbow, but the rainbow remained as beautiful as ever and became for many even more beautiful. Man has not changed because we look at him, talk about him, and analyze him scientifically. ... What does change is our chance of doing something about the subject of a theory. Newton's analysis of the light in a rainbow was a step in the direction of the laser.
education doe may
A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.
intelligent men numbers
At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.
education views mysterious
The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious process responsible for behavior but the very behavior itself in all the complexity of its controlling relations.
society positive-reinforcement individual
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
graduation education teacher
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
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I think they use it as an advantage for them. I think it allows them to maybe be a little more aggressive than a guy who is a little bigger and can't be as aggressive. (Officials) are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
good less mean pay percent somebody
Just because you pay 5 percent less than somebody else doesn't mean it is a good price.
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Jerry Kilgore is beginning to realize voters aren't interested in smear ads and negative attacks.
last playing
Last two games, he's been playing like a first-team, all-league player.
coaching community parents program proud reflection starting students support
I say it's a reflection not just on me but the whole program. It's something the whole program should be proud of because not just one person can do it. You have to have the parents, the coaching staff, the students and the support from the community and I really think we are starting to get that.
gained people school worked
When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.
add asked given people responsibility whether
We've given them what they asked for and then people take responsibility about whether they add it up or not add it up,