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History of Neurology
B.F. SKINNER PHD (1904-1990)
MARCH 6TH, 2017 NEUROLOGY RESIDENT MORNING REPORT
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B. F. SKINNER PHD (1904-1990)
• B-Susquehanna, Pennsylvania • Hamilton College BA/Harvard PhD Psychology (1931) • Influenced by Watson • Research at Harvard till 1936 • Then U Minn, U of Indiana & back to Harvard 1948-1970 • Developed field of Radical Behaviorism
– All actions have consequences of environmental reinforcement – Humans react the same like rats in a reward/punishment experiment
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30-Second Psychology
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B. F. SKINNER PHD (1904-1990)
• Skinner Box-operant behavior chamber • He put his daughter in Skinner Box • The Behavior of Organisms (1938) • Respondent behaviors
– are elicited by stimuli, modified by respondent conditioning called “Pavlovian conditioning" or "classical conditioning“
• Operant Behaviors – not induced by any particular stimulus, strengthened
through operant conditioning, occurrence of a response yields a reinforce sensation
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B. F. SKINNER PHD HOW CAN COMPLEX & NOVEL BEHAVIORS BE EXPLAINED
• Darwinian answer: – Behavior of an individual varies from moment to moment; a
variation followed by reinforcement in others themed by becomes prominent in behavioral repertoire
• Walden Two-1948 – Utopian (?Dystopian) enclosed – Fictional experimental community in USA 1940’s – Productivity and happiness of citizens in this community
is great because residents practice scientific social planning and use operant conditioning for raising children.
• Followed by: Beyond Freedom & Dignity (1971) 1971
1948
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Who is this?
Karl Lashley PhD BF Skinner PhD
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Skinner’s Publications
The Behavior of Organisms 1938
Walden Two 1948 Science and Human
Behavior 1951
About Behaviorism 1974
Particulars of My Life 1976
Reflections on Behaviorism and Society 1978