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B.F. Skinner: Operant Conditioning Pioneer by Ken Talk is a document available to read on EtoBox.

B.F. Skinner was an American psychologist who developed the theory of operant conditioning. He discovered that behaviors can be learned through reinforcement or punishment. Skinner conducted experiments using Skinner boxes on rats and pigeons to demonstrate that they could be conditioned to perform behaviors like pressing levers or pecking disks by being rewarded with food or having an unpleasant stimulus removed. His work showed how operant conditioning can be used to shape new behaviors through gradual re

Author

Ken Talk

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