Operant conditioning (behavior modification) is a metaphor for accountability. B.F. Skinner was an experimental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s whose name and work came to be ...

Many people who seek out services from psychotherapists or counselors have “behavior modification” included as part of their treatment. This could involve a behavioral plan for children (to help ...

Introduction: beyond the box -- A visible scientist: B.F. Skinner as public intellectual -- From pigeons to people: constructing the human Skinner box -- Conditioning a cure: behavior modification in ...