Behaviorism As a Separate School of Thought
mechanistic methods of measuring human behavior. Skinner used behavioral research to show how people develop cognitive patterns and feelings around certain stimuli, too. In this way, Skinner paved the way for the future of behavioral psychology. Skinner’s research showed that positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement were the cornerstones of learning as well as simply behavioral responses to stimuli. Another reason why B.F. Skinner made the most significant contributions to the field of psychology is that positive and negative reinforcement are still used in a variety of learning and organizational contexts. Positive and negative reinforcements are used in the… Continue Reading...
