But the Skinner-box setup is also limited—to one or a few pre-defined responses and to changes in their rate of occurrence. Operant conditioning in fact involves selection from a repertoire of ...

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Jun., 1976), pp. 223-253 (31 pages) B. F. Skinner's claim that "operant behavior is essentially the field of purpose" is systematically explored. It is argued ...

The result is a kind of modern Skinner Box -- the contraption that the "father of operant conditioning" B.F. Skinner used to experiment on animals. The glasses use three sensors -- one behind each ...

Psychologist B.F. Skinner was a proponent of operant conditioning as a means to the modification of human behavior; positive or negative reinforcement could ...

Why Is Operant Conditioning Useful in the Workplace?. Operant conditioning is a behavioral theory created by famed psychologist B.F. Skinner that suggests that behavior is most easily modified ...

But the Skinner-box setup is also limited—to one or a few pre-defined responses and to changes in their rate of occurrence. Operant conditioning in fact involves selection from a repertoire of ...