Radical behaviorism

RADICAL BEHAVIORISM NAME INSTITUTION DATE Animals exhibit different behaviors which are influenced by a number of factors. As a result, the outcome behavior is greatly influenced by stimulus which necessitates the response to be depicted. For this reason, human beings are behave differently depending on factors like environmental, social, economic and their background upbringing, to mention but a few. BF skinner is one of the early scientists who advocated for radical behaviorism. He advocated that, stimulus presentation influenced the behavior of an organism. In his theory, he strongly believed that stimulus presentation to an organism could either encourage or inhibit enhancement of a certain behavior. Skinner, who developed an operant chamber, used it to proof that rewards and punishment were critical in influencing animal behavior in a certain direction. In the operant chamber, animals were rewarded with any desired move ...