CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) is referred to as the Father of operant conditioning, and his work is frequently cited in connection with this topic. His 1938 book “The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis", initiated his lifelong study of operant conditioning and its application to human and animal behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner is regarded as the father of Operant Conditioning, but his work was based on Thorndike’s (1898) law of effect. According to this principle, behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is less likely to be repeated.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1930s, B. F. Skinner, who had become familiar with the work of these researchers and others, continued the exploration of how organisms learn. Skinner studied and developed the operant conditioning theory that is popular today.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ferster and Skinner (1957) found that schedules of reinforcement-the rate at which a reinforcement is repeated-can greatly influence operant conditioning.

Detailed explanation-5: -Edward Thorndike and B. F. Skinner. Thorndike and Skinner are prominent in developing operant conditioning methods with animal research. For example, the Thorndike Puzzle and the Skinner Box are used to reward and/or punish behaviors in animals for experiments in psychology testing operant conditioning methods.