It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that animal behavior ...

Thought of the Day Today December 30: Understanding B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning This perspective is deeply aligned with Skinner’s scientific work. In operant conditioning, behavior is shaped ...

Every day, we perform thousands of actions, from hitting the snooze button to choosing a meal. Behavioral psychology offers a powerful framework for understanding why we do what we do. It suggests ...

A clear breakdown of the four quadrants of operant conditioning and how they apply to effective dog training. Trump’s win streak on Supreme Court emergency docket breaks Boy’s face lights up after ...

Everyone knows that when an anime villain is named after a real life person, they are going to be an amazing character. Such is the case with Lazarus's villain, Dr. Skinner, who has been named after ...

Negative reinforcement is one of the core concepts in behavioral psychology, yet it’s often misunderstood. In simple terms, it involves strengthening a behavior by removing an unpleasant or unwanted ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Dogs were trained to press a pedal to avoid shock. They were then operantly reinforced for making or for refraining from making a series of ...

If you took a psychology class in high school or college, you may remember something about the work of B.F. Skinner, one of the most famous psychologists of the 20th century. He’s the guy who trained ...

Classical conditioning is a type of unconscious learning. It occurs when a person or animal experiences an automatic response whenever they encounter a specific stimulus. Simply put, it is learning ...

ABSTRACT: Almost all forms of psychotherapy depend on learning theory principles but most psychotherapists never learned them properly or else have forgotten them. The purpose of the present article ...