Behavior modification theory b.f. skinner
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B.F Skinner 1904 - 1990. Biography Born in Susquehanna, PA Parents and grandmother strict “I was taught to fear God, the police, and what people think”
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1 B.F Skinner 1904 - 1990
2 Biography Born in Susquehanna, PA Parents and grandmother strict “I was taught to fear God, the police, and what people think” Grandmother taught the punishments of Hell by pointing out the hot coals in the parlor stove Father took him to the local jail and to a lecture about life in a New York State Prison
3 Biography These and other experiences determined his adult behaviors through the rewards and punishment he received as a child Spent hours building things leading to several later inventions A flotation machine to separate ripe and green elderberries A device to help remind him to hang up his PJs An air crib to provide and environmentally controlled environment
4 Biography Attempted to
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B.F. Skinner.
Presentation on theme: "B.F. Skinner."— Presentation transcript:
1 B.F. Skinner
2 Who was he?Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born on March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and died on August 18, 1990.Skinner was an American behaviorist, author, inventor, social philosopher, and poet.He received a PhD from Harvard in 1931 and remained there as a researcher until Later in 1946, Skinner became the chair of the psychology department at Indiana University.For the rest of his career, Skinner returned to Harvard as a tenured professor.
3 Theories of B.F. SkinnerBEHAVIORISMBehaviorism, or behavior learning, is one of the most influential theories of the last half century.This theory states that learning is a change in behavior that is controlled by the consequences, either positive or negative, that follow the behavior.
4 Reinforcers are consequences that increase or strengthen behaviors.
Theories of B.F. skinnerOPERANT CONDITIONINGWhen a particular Stimulus Response pattern is reinforced the individual will respond.Reinforcers are consequences that increase
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Learning theorist project-�Bf skinner
By Lee cohen and Sara richardson
Biography
B.F. (Burrhus Frederic) Skinner
Born: March 20, 1904
Grew up: Susquehanna Depot, PA
Died: August 18, 1990
B.F. Skinner began his career as an English major in hopes of pursuing a career as a novelist. After a few years of being a novelist, however, he decided to back his tracks and follow another route. B.F. Skinner entered the psychology graduate program at Harvard University and became the leader of behaviorism and experimental psychology. His experiments with operant conditioning (showing that behaviors are dependent upon what happens after the response) and the Skinner box (a rat learning to obtain food by pressing a lever”) demonstrated the power of reward- ultimately making him famous.
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Behaviorism
"The consequences of behavior determine the probability that the behavior will occur again" --B. F. Skinner
B.F. Skinner theorized that positive reinforcement pushes a behavior to happen again, while negative reinforcement drives an or
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