Educational theories downplaying external stimuli have inadvertently reduced clarity and equity in education. Effective ...

B.F. Skinner, 86, died of leukemia last month in Cambridge, Mass. The noted behaviorist had received a lifetime achievement award two days earlier from the American Psychological Association at its ...

Feel your commitment to your New Year’s resolution flagging already? Skinner’s law is decades old, but it is still the solution. Right around this time of year, we journalists feel compelled ...

Some simple techniques of the psychological laboratory can also be used in the home. They can train a dog to dance, a pigeon to play a toy piano and will illuminate the learning process in man ...

In 1938, B. F. Skinner proposed that all of behavior reflects reaction to rewards and punishments (reinforcers) provided by the environment. He believed that the voluntary behavior of organisms is ...

During World War Two, psychologist B F Skinner tried to use pigeons to guide missiles towards enemy ships. His study proved it was possible, and it was finally recognised at the 2024 Ig Nobel ...

Benito Skinner navigates college life as a closeted all-American in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive first look at Overcompensating.

The renowned Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner once opined that the "real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." This witty observation underscores a once crucial point ...

Benito Skinner knows his way around a disguise. As his online alter ego, Benny Drama, he got famous for spoofing celebrities like Lana Del Rey and Kourtney Kardashian while also creating original ...