B.F. Skinner
Submitted by sinz on December 6, 2008
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B.F. Skinner
B.f. Skinner was one of the world’s best known psychiatrists. Skinner was born on March 4, 1904 in Pennsylvania where he lived many years and attended Hamilton College where that he graduated with a degree in English Literature.
Skinner decided to move Bloomington, Indiana where he became Psychology Departmant Chair at the University of Indiana. Skinner joined the Harvard University in 1948, where that he remained the rest of his years.
Skinner was a leader of behaviorism while at Harvard and contributed to experimental psychology. Skinner is best known for his invention of the ‘Skinner Box’, which is a box in which a rat is placed...
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