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
B. F. Skinner quotes about
behavior consequence
Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences
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.
punishment way psychological
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
differences people rats
The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.
education children giving
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.
business directly men men-and-women opportunity point tackling talk vision women
The point is for the governor-elect to, first of all, have an opportunity to talk directly with commuters and business men and women about his vision for tackling the state's transportation challenges.
four great last learn practicing
We are practicing with Hartland and they will get us prepared. They've been there the last four years and we should learn from them. They are a great program.
coming decide decided funding governing governor local money projects run spells system washington
If Washington spells out the funding parameters, do you want to run the possibility of having a governor decide we're going to put it all in construction (training)? Is that how we want to have the system managed, or do we want to have the money coming down, and projects decided by local governing boards?
crashing league might
I don't think we're crashing their party. We're all part of a new league and you might as well get used to this.
accounting coast small towns
If you go into some of these small towns down the coast of Mississippi, there is no accounting system.
decrease elements exposed lost parts sitting taken trailers value
They've been sitting exposed to the elements for months. Some of the trailers that we inspected are actually warping, have lost wheels. And some have been cannibalized, parts taken out, and we don't even know where the parts are right now. So their value is going to decrease tremendously.
keeping supply
Supply is not keeping up right now with demand.
crashing hopefully might open people welcome
I don't think we're crashing their party. We're part of this. You might as well get used to this. There are some new people in town, and you'll hopefully welcome us with open arms.
couple exploited front game happened key looked mistakes played
I thought they just made a couple of key mistakes in front of their own goal. It looked like a little miscommunication between their sweeper and their goalie sometimes, and we exploited that. The game wasn't played all that pretty. We just happened to score.