Skinner

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Skinner Pavlov

• By Melissa Holmes and Tracey Wolfe

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Biographies

• Burrhus Frederic Skinner
• Born March 20, 1904 in Susquehannah, Penn
• Infuences- Pavlov and John Watson
• Work at the University at Minnesota, Harvard,
  Indiana University
• Home life-Wife and children

• Ivan Pavlov
• Born September 14, 1849 in Ryazan, Russia
• A Russian psychologist and studied the secretory
  activity of digestion
• Influences- DI Pisarev and IM Sechenov
• Work at the Institute of Experimental Medicine
• Home life-Wife and children

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Theories

• Skinner proposed a relationship between
  classical and operant conditioning
• Reinforcement
• Positive Negative
• Punishment
• Positive Negative
• Extinction

• Pavlov proposed the
• Stimulus Response Theory
• Unconditioned Response
• Unconditioned Stimulus
• Conditioned Response
• Conditioned stimulus

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Popular Experiments

• Operant conditioning chamber aka Skinner Box

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Popular Experiments

• Gastric Functions experiment
• (Aka the Dog Experiment)

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Contrasting the Two

• Skinner
• Operant conditioning
• Operant conditioning chamber was used to see
  what would be done on their free will.

• Pavlov
• Classical conditioning
• Gastric Experiment focused on using a neutral
  stimulus to see what would naturally happen.

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Comparing the Two

• Skinner and Pavlov
• Both had religious upbringing but became
  anti-religious.
• Had related theories.
• Skinner was influenced by Pavlov.
• Both were behaviorists.
• Popular experiments were done to change behavior
  through behavior analysis and modification.

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditionin
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• http//www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/wasserman/
  Glossary/Skinner20Box.html\
• http//www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/skinnerbox.html
  
• Zull, J. (2002). The art of changing the brain
  Enriching the practice of teaching by exploring
  the biology of learning. Sterling, VA Stylus.