B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth20 March 1904
CitySusquehana Depot, PA
CountryUnited States of America
book reading knowing
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
behavior persons consequence
Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.
weakness power-of-love force
We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.
education advantage ends
Indeed one of the ultimate advantages of an education is simply coming to the end of it.
tasks students behavior
It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.
wish facts accepting
Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.
worry anxiety dying
I will be dead in a few months. But it hasn't given me the slightest anxiety or worry. I always knew I was going to die.
illusion humans ifs
If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
variables way different
To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
loss men views
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss.
change trying age
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
teacher winning parent
The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslap-ping, and many other ways of "winning friends.
order years style
Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.
practice people crowds
Overcrowding can be corrected only by inducing people not to crowd, and the environment will continue to deteriorate until polluting practices are abandoned.