B.F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist who developed the theory of behaviorism. Behaviorism views human behavior as responses to environmental stimuli and is learned through reinforcement or punishment. Skinner argued that behavior is shaped by consequences and that understanding behavior means examining relationships between actions and their effects. Key aspects of Skinner's theory included operant conditioning, the use of reinforcement to increase behaviors, and the view that language is learned through parental positive reinforcement of children's vocalizations. While behaviorism was influential, Skinner's theories were also criticized for overgeneralizing from limited experiments and not explaining more complex behaviors.

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2. B.F.Skinner
Behaviorism
Skinner was one of the most important psychologist
and behaviorist .He developed Behaviorism theory
which views human behaviour as to responses to
environmental stimuli.(2019) Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sidney-
William-Bijou

3. * All behavior is caused by a external stimulus .
* Behavior is determined by the environment through
association or reinforcement .
* Behavioral learning theory focuses on the concrete
external behavior of an object to their study.
*This interprets behavior as a dynamic incentive
response.(2014) Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/jldejesus7/behaviorist-
learning-theories

4. Skinner thought that we have something like
mind, but it's simply more productive to study
observed behavior rather than internal mental
events.
Understanding behavior by looking at the
cause of an action and its
consequences.(2010)Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/vmedel/skinner-5660892
operant conditioning

5. *Reinforcement makes the behavior increase. Negative reinforcement
is different from Punishment.( Professor Bloom,2008)
*Negative Reinforcement makes a behaviour stronger by taking away
a negative stimulus. Skinner viewed babies as ‘empty vessels’ which
language had to be ‘put in to’.
*child learns language through positive reinforcement .
Child learns language through positive reinforcement. Skinner explain
the development of speech was that parents tend to reward infant
vocalisations by giving the infant attention. This increases the
frequency of vocalisation.(2019) Retrieved from
https://social.ocr.org.uk/files/ocr/Skinner%20languge%20development.
doc

6. *Skinner remarks several times that his
analysis of the Fact in terms of stimulus
control is an improvement over the traditional
formulations . This is simply not true. His
analysis is fundamentally the same as the
traditional one, though much less
Criticisms

7. Criticisms
Chomsky and other critics provided positive and negative critique for this
psychology
theory and we can summarize them in the following points:
Positive critique included:
1.This theory haprocess and most of Skinner`s concerns were in education
fields
2. Many universities have recognized his contributions in the subjects of
psychology .As a result, he was rewarded for his efforts and achievements
3. He followed the scientific methodological approach in his experiments which
produced free contradictions results.
some negative critiques were as:
1. Skinner`s results depended on a certain and limited number of experiments .
From these experiments he came out with broad generalizations while in fact
his cases were considered special and individual
2. The behavioral concepts that Skinner has proved and highlighted are
shallow and simple ones, while the more complicated and more
behaviors and attitudes received no explanation.

8. Conclusion
In the end we agree to:
Skinner's views had a strong impact on education as well as in psychology.
We have stated that the goal of psychology is to understand human behavior
and the ability to control and predict it later.
Skinner focused on controlling human behavior and examining relationships
between humans and events and their impact on the environment of the human
being. Skinner's theory also states that the process does not require repeated
efforts, but it needs a Retrieved from quick reaction to a familiar
stimulus.(Elizabeth Grace,2019).
http://www.kidsdevelopment.co.uk/bfskinnersbehaviouraltheory.html
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By: Dr. Abdullah Suleiman Al-Salhi
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