The Non-Punitive Society
by B. F. Skinner: In my address to the Japanese Psychological Association on Sunday, I pointed to the importance of cultural practices
100 years of B.F. Skinner
M. Greengrass: This month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of influential behaviorist B.F. Skinner,
B.F. Skinner 1904 – 1990
Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner majored in literature at Hamilton College in New York.
Are Theories of Learning Necessary?
Burrhus Frederic Skinner: Certain basic assumptions, essential to any scientific activity, are sometimes called theories.
Superstition in the Pigeon
by B.F. Skinner: To say that a reinforcement is contingent upon a response may mean nothing more than that it follows the response.
New methods and new aims in teaching
by B.F. Skinner: Improving education seldom takes the form of improving teaching.
Did B.F. Skinner really put babies into boxes?
by B.F. Skinner: When I was a little kid, I had a weird babysitter. She was very pale and thin, with dark hair and a tentative smile.
A Review of B. F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior
by Noam Chomsky: Rereading this review after eight years, I find little of substance that I would change if I were to write it today.
The Origins of Cognitive Thought
by B.F. Skinner: What is felt when one has a feeling is a condition of one’s body, and the word used to describe it almost always comes from the word for the cause of the condition felt.
