Burrhus Frederic Skinner was one of the most distinguished American pshycologist, author ,poet inventor and even advocate for social reform. Bf Skinner is widly known for coming up with the operant conditioning chamber and editing his own philospohy of science called Radical Behaviorism. Skinner was very intrested in investigating the behavior of humans and how it easily could be controlled or manipulated, so he decided to found his own school of experimental research psychology. His intense analysis of human behavior formed his great literary work titled, Verbal Behavior. Though the great Skinner was not only focused on analyzing behavior but reforming research methods. One of Skinner's greatest contributions in the research field was the cumulative recorder to measure the rate of response to reinforcement.
Reinforcement was always highlited as extremely important to education by Skinner. Skinner not only analyzed behaviored but seeked to change it and improve it. In a recent survey Skinner was listed as the most influential psychologist of the 20th century.
Bibliography: http:// websapce.ship.edu/cgboer/skinner.htlm
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