OBITUARIES;B.F. Skinner, Pioneer In Behaviorism, Dies

The Washington Post | August 20, 1990| | Copyright

B.F. Skinner, 86, one of the foremost figures in modern psychology, whose efforts at applying scientific rigor to the study of behavior raised the man, his techniques and his theories to the status of cultural legend, died of leukemia Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.

A determined and original scientific investigator and a longtime member of the Harvard University faculty, Dr. Skinner also was a philosopher and social theorist whose work was designed not merely to understand human nature, but to foster improvement and bring about a better society.

Dr. Skinner argued that behavior could be ...

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