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Skinner

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Skinner
B(urrhus) F(rederic). 1904--90, US behavioural psychologist. His "laws of learning", derived from experiments with animals, have been widely applied to education and behaviour therapy


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Skinner ushered his visitor into a somewhat bare-looking office, smelling strongly of stale tobacco smoke.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
I've six of 'em, and only one earns anything; I am on the stand fourteen or sixteen hours a day, and I haven't had a Sunday these ten or twelve weeks; you know Skinner never gives a day if he can help it, and if I don't work hard, tell me who does
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
Perhaps Skinner Leason, the express agent, moved a truck the length of the station plat- form.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
 
 
 
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