Quick Facts
- NAME: Burrhus Frederic Skinner
- OCCUPATION: Academic, Academic Author
- BIRTH DATE: March 20, 1904
- DEATH DATE: August 18, 1990
- EDUCATION: Harvard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best Known For
BF Skinner, American psychologist, is best known for developing the theory of behaviourism and his book Walden Two.
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BF Skinner, a psychologist born in Pennsylvania, earned his doctorate from Harvard and began working on ideas of human behavior. Skinner's best known work, Walden Two, defined his theory of behaviorism and the influence of nurture over nature.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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