The Accomplishments of B.F. Skinner

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This paper discusses the accomplishments of B.F. Skinner. The paper discusses the psychologist's history, particularly focusing on the fact that he has accomplished all that he has in psychology and behaviorism without actually studying psychology. The paper describes Skinner's interest in the behavior of animals and humans that led to his work in behavioral science.

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"The Accomplishments of B.F. Skinner "Skinner is the most important American psychologist of the twentieth century, and arguably the most important world psychologist since, or including, Freud," yet he never directly studied psychology (Smith, 1999, 1). B.F. Skinner obtained his college degree in literature. He never took college courses for psychology, yet his gift of understanding behavior has made him famous as a behavior psychologist. His interests in behavior of animals or humans led to his vast amount of work concerning behavioral science. Skinner wrote a number of books and articles that continue to be important in the field of psychology. B.F. Skinner found the behavior of organism fascinating and began to study how animals reacted to different stimuli. Skinner changed the meaning of psychology, which is the study of humans. "

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