We shape behaviors daily in stores, online, even in relationships. So why deny it in education? Discover how intentional ...

Educational theories downplaying external stimuli have inadvertently reduced clarity and equity in education. Effective ...

B.F. Skinner, 86, died of leukemia last month in Cambridge, Mass. The noted behaviorist had received a lifetime achievement award two days earlier from the American Psychological Association at its ...

Some simple techniques of the psychological laboratory can also be used in the home. They can train a dog to dance, a pigeon to play a toy piano and will illuminate the learning process in man ...

In 1938, B. F. Skinner proposed that all of behavior reflects reaction to rewards and punishments (reinforcers) provided by the environment. He believed that the voluntary behavior of organisms is ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, B.F. Skinner pursued behaviorism with the view of improving the human condition, for example, and others since have applied behaviorism as a tool in an array of ...

During World War Two, psychologist B F Skinner tried to use pigeons to guide missiles towards enemy ships. His study proved it was possible, and it was finally recognised at the 2024 Ig Nobel ...

Benito Skinner navigates college life as a closeted all-American in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive first look at Overcompensating.

It sounds like science fiction, but in the 1940s, B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to guide missiles by pecking at screens to keep them on target. While the project showed promise, it was ultimately ...