1. Operant
conditioning and behaviorism is a good web site for an historical outline
on operant conditioning and behaviorism.
This site includes introductory
information on B. F. Skinner and his
work that has been published. It also includes
information on Thorndike and Watson.
2. Burrhus
Frederic Skinner...a brief autobiography: Great web page for
a rather
in depth look at the life of B. F.
Skinner. This site includes links to his early life,
his college days and literary interludes,
and his life as a scientist.
3. Burrhus
Frederic Skinner is a great web site from the encyclopedia Encarta.
It
gives a brief introduction to B.F.Skinner
and describes him as one of the foremost
exponents of behaviorist psychology.
This site has links to educational products,
books on B. F. Skinner, The B. F.
Skinner Foundation, periodicals, news sites,
and other web sites.
4. Operant
Conditioning provides a look at how this conditioning occurs in
animals. It also includes the procedure
for operant conditioning and
a link to a picture of the Skinner
Box. It also deals with the two types
of reinforcement and the two kinds
of reinforcers.
5. "Return
to Skinner" is an e-mail note written by a man who actually used a
Skinner Box in an undergraduate
classroom. He offers good advice on how to
go about using a Skinner Box.
This page written by Destin Wilson.
Last updated April 5, 1999.
Dr. Lewis, Educational Psychology, Freed Hardeman University