If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment.B. F. Skinner
If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment. B. F. Skinner
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.B. F. Skinner
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. B. F. Skinner
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
“Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.” B. F. Skinner
The only way to tell whether a given event is reinforcing to a given organism under given conditions is to make a direct test.
“The only way to tell whether a given event is reinforcing to a given organism under given conditions is to make a direct test....
Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.
Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is...
The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called ‘conditioning’
“The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called ‘conditioning’. In operant conditioning we ‘strengthen’ an operant in the sense of making...
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a...
We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word ‘admire’ then means ‘marvel at
We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word ‘admire’ then means ‘marvel at. B. F. Skinner
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to...
The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.
“The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.” B. F. Skinner