b.f skinner

[flowerdebbie]

can anybody help with s question i am finding it hard to understand:

Assess the merits and limitations of the ideas of b.f skinner (frederick burrhus skinner)

[nickmo]

See http://www.bfskinner.org/ and an essay at http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/skinner.html

Behaviour reward and operation theory....sound like this website!

[commoner]

..what bit don't you understand fd?..........read up on the guy's ideas and decide what you think are the pros and cons of his stuff.....If that's not it then I'm with you............;-)

[Scylax]

It is 30+ years since the Behaviourists (B.F.Skinner et al) had any credibility. I can't think why they had any in the first place. Rats and pigeons might disagree, but humans...?

Read the excellent relevant chapter:

Hunt, M. :The Story of Psychology

Doubleday, 1993