What did BF Skinner do?

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B. F. Skinner was an American psychologist best-known for his influence on behaviorism. Skinner referred to his own philosophy as 'radical behaviorism' and suggested that the concept of free will was simply an illusion. All human action, he instead believed, was the direct result of conditioning. In this operant conditioning process, actions that are followed by good consequences are reinforced and therefore those behaviors are more likely to occur again in the future. Behaviors that result in negative consequences, on the other hand, become less likely to occur again. Among his many discoveries, inventions, and accomplishments were the creation of the operant conditioning chamber (aka the Skinner Box), his research on schedules of reinforcement, the introduction of response rates as a dependent variable in research, and the creation of the cumulative recorder to track these response rates. In one survey, Skinner was named the most influential psychologist of the twentieth-century. www.infidelityrecoveryinstitute.com Advanced Training in Affair Recovery, Business Coaching for Therapists, and coaches; Prepare Enrich Training & Education; YouTube Training FOLLOW IRI: Website:https://www.infidelityrecoveryinstitute.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/InfidelityCoaching Facebook: http://facebook.com/infidelityrecoveryinstitute Twitter: http://twitter.com/irinstitute