Different Schedules of Reinforcement
Another important component of operant conditioning is the notion of schedules of reinforcement. How often and when a behavior is…
Operant Conditioning and the Skinner Box
B. F. Skinner’s most important work was the concept of operant conditioning. Essentially, operant conditioning is when someone learns a…
B. F. Skinner: It’s All About the Consequences
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-1990) was born on March 20th, 1904, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. The son of a lawyer and housewife,…