The Study Of Developmental Psychology - 2040 Words

B.F Skinner His life and works Who is B.F Skinner? And why is he important in the study of developmental psychology? And what ideas did he add to it? †¢ What was his early life like? †¢ What fields did he operate in? †¢ What education has he received? Was it related to what he did? †¢ What new ideas did he bring to the world of psychology? †¢ What were his theories? †¢ What was his major experiments? †¢ What did he invent? †¢ How does his proposes and ideas help us educate kids? †¢ What were some of his writings that he left after his death? And what did they talk about? †¢ Awards Hypothesis I guess that B.F Skinner was a scientist in the field of psychology, and he was a behaviorist that introduced and explained the†¦show more content†¦Burrhus was an active, out-going boy who loved the outdoors and building things, and actually enjoyed school His fields and education Skinner was a prolific author; he had more than 200 articles and 20 books related to psychology, so he was a psychologist and a writer. His first encounters with behavioral science was after attending Hamilton College, where he decided to become a writer, he loved what he did and was impressed by it. At Hamilton College he felt that he didn’t fit in with others, he didn’t party or hang out with other students. However he graduated in 1926 with his BA in English. Skinner worked in writing newspapers and articles, but didn’t feel that he was such a success in what he was doing. He resigned and decided to pursue a different direction in his life. He went back to studying but this time in Harvard University to study Psychology, he got his masters and doctorate and stayed there to do researches and finally he graduated in 1936. Because he chose the psychology field he had many theories and experiments that changed our world today and introduced new systems that were revolutionary to the world of psychology and how we study people. Skinner’s Theory Parents since a long time ago had known that their children respond to the system of reward and punishment, this basically explains the theories of B.F Skinner. He believed in his theory which he called operant