B. F. Skinner: Radical Behavior Analysis

Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born on March 20, 1904. He was commonly known as B.F Skinner. This scientist was a psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. B. F. was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He was there from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. The scientist, Skinner, was free will an illusion and he was also human action dependent on consequences of previous actions. He invented the operant conditioning chamber. This was also known as the Skinner Box. B.F Skinner developed behavior analysis. It is the philosophy of the science he named radical behaviorism. This scientist was an author who published 21 books and 180 articles In his early life, Burrhus Frederic Skinner had an interest

He only had little success. He decided to find a new plan for life. He later enrolled at Harvard University. Skinner studied psychology.

When he was at harvard, B. F Skinner looked for a more better and more measured way to study behavior. He later developed an operating conditioning apparatus to do this. This became known as the Skinner box. With this, he could study animals reacting with their environment. It became really helpful.

He first had to study rats. Skinner saw how the rodents discovered and used to a level in the box. The box dispensed food at varying intervals. Later, Skinner examined what behavior patterns developed in pigeons using the box. The pigeons pecked at a disc to gain access to food. Skinner came to the conclusion that some form of reinforcement was crucial in learning new behaviors. The scientist wrote many books also. For example, Science and Human Behavior. He also wrote Verbal Behavior, The Analysis of Behavior, and Technology of Teaching. Another one of his works were Beyond Freedom and Dignity. This writing argued that the concepts of freedom and dignity. He believed it may lead to self-destruction and advanced the cause of a