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B.F. SkinnerPsychologist
Born: 20 March 1904 Died: 18 August 1990 Birthplace: Susquehana, Pennsylvania Best known as: The behaviorist who invented the Skinner Box Name at birth: Burrhus Frederic Skinner B.F. Skinner was one of the 20th century's most famous psychologists, known especially for his emphasis on behaviorism. After earning a doctorate in 1931, Skinner built his work on the conditioned response theories of Ivan Pavlov. A professor at Harvard University for many years, Skinner authored several books, including The Behavior of Organisms (1938), Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971) and the novel Walden Two (1948). He developed the "air-crib," a modified crib designed to take care of infants' needs, and the Skinner box, a laboratory device for animal experimentation, designed to study responses to external stimuli. Extra credit: The story that Skinner raised his own daughter in a box is untrue. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on B F Skinner from Infoplease:
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