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Skinner's influences in the development of psychology
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Discuss at least one way in which Skinner has influenced the development of psychology. I will be discussing the ways in which Skinner influenced psychology based on his behaviourist theories. Skinner was a great contributor to psychology and to the behaviourist movement. Skinner's influence on psychology is based upon his belief that all topics studied should be directly observable and replicable, therefore consisting of empirical data under controlled laboratory conditions. Behaviour is a good example of this. Skinner also believed in approaching all aspects in a highly scientific way. Skinner tried to be scientific and collect accurate results through the set out of an experiment that was later named the Skinner box. The Skinner box was a piece of apparatus consisting of a lever and tray. If the lever is lowered, a pellet of food is automatically dropped into the tray for the rat. An automatic recorder is linked electrically to the Skinner box....
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