Operant Conditioning
Burrhus F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born March 20, 1904, in the small Pennsylvania town of Susquehanna.
In 1945, he became the chairman of the psychology department at Indiana University.
Skinner's theory of Operant Conditioning stated:
"A behavior followed by a reinforcing stimulus results in an increased probability of that behavior occurring in the future."
In other words, by practising the same behavior, negative or positive, that behavior eventually becomes instinctual! Just like practising being anxious!
His theory became the basis for much of modern psychology's theories on behavior and habit.
August 18, 1990, B. F. Skinner died after becoming perhaps the most celebrated psychologist since Sigmund Freud.