1. Different Methods of Learning
John B. Watson defined psychology as the scientific study of behavior and founded behaviorism. ... B.F Skinner was a behaviorist like John Watson, skinner coined a term called Operant to describe any active behavior that operates upon the environment to generate consequences. ... Skinner distinguished two kinds of reinforcing stimuli; primary and conditioning. ... New behaviors can be acquired through the process of shaping, skinner believed that shaping could explain how people acquired a variety of skills and abilities. ...
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