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Skinner's Law

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Skinner's Law

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September 26, 2023

Operant Conditioning, sometimes called Instrumental Learning or Skinner’s Law, is a term coined by psychologist B.F. Skinner to gesture at a collection of influences that he suspected shaped human behavior. This concept was based on an earlier idea proposed by another psychologist—Edward Thorndike—who posited that behaviors paired with satisfying consequ…

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