Unit 7 Discussion History of Psychology

B.F Skinner Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Course Code and Name Instructor’s Name Date B.F. Skinner B.F Skinner, a behaviorist theorist, is known for his establishment and contribution to operant conditioning. Skinner emphasized that human behaviors are shaped through using reinforcement processes or applying punishments. These led to the establishment of operant conditioning and schedules of reinforcement as two primary considerations in Skinner's theory (Szabo, 2020). Operant conditioning is an aspect that deals with an individual's strengths or weaknesses behaviors whereby there are negative and positive reinforcements based on how people would behave in specific environments (Leeder, 2022). Through Skinner’s theory, how he relates and works with people becomes evident because the theory explains how people acquire new behaviors in different environments. An example of how Skinner works with people is using the operant conditioning case, where Skinner notes that individ...