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Skinner Behaviourism Skinner believed in how consequences influenced behaviour. He also felt it was important to distinguish between two forms of learning respondent (also called classical) conditioning and operant (also called instrumental) conditioning. Respondent conditioning behaviour is elicited by a specific stimulus, while in operant learning the response is emitted. Elicited behaviour is seen as involuntary, emitted behaviour is seen as voluntary. Skinner called this operant conditioning since animals operate on the environment. Skinner knew that many stimuli determine whether an operant is emitted, but he believed that, in general, it was possible to ignore them. Skinner said that actions, operates, are emitted, and controlled by their consequences. A reinforcer is defined as any event, which increases the probability of occurrence of a response. An example of this is, a hungry animal which food, would act as a reinforcer. When something strengths behaviour it is acting as a reinforcer. Skinner made 'the Skinner...

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