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B.F Bu﻿rrhus Frederic Skinner **March 20, 1904 - August 18, 1990 ** American psychologist, author, inventor, social philosopher, and poet ﻿Learning Perspective: B.F. Skinner believed that in order to get a satisfactory response from an individual or organism, positive reinforcement is needed. he had multiple experiments involving rats and pigeons. He observed them and their behavioral changes according to the feedback they were getting and giving.

Education: Skinner was the valedictorian of his high school class. He moved on to study at Hamilton College in New York and later graduated in 1926. In 1928, he went to Harvard Grad School and then became a Professor at Harvard University.

 Accomplishments in Psychology:

1. Skinner introduced the concept of positive reinforcement to get a satisfactory result. He believed in giving rewards and second chances when the subject were to get something right or wrong. He showed that animals learn better if they are rewarded for doing what was expected of them.

2. He invented the operant conditioning chamber. It is used it to measure responses of organisms, most often rats and pigeons, and their interactions with the environment. This helped psychology because it allowed psychologists take a closer look at what behaviors of animals really meant.

3. He also took notes on extinction of operant behavior; meaning that when an organism notices a stop of encouraging action they stop that behavior, thus introducing a whole new meaning to reinforcement.

Other accomplishments " inventions" : 1. Skinner invented the "air crib". This was an easily cleaned, temperature controlled box designated to help make babies more comfortable in there early stages of life. 2. He also invented a Teaching Machine that would administer a curriculum of instructions and questions where the learner could interact with the machine. If they got the questions right they would be rewarded. If they were incorrect, the directions and the question would be repeated until it was right.

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