B.f. skinner
B(urrhus) F(rederic)
[bur-uh s] /ˈbɜr əs/ (Show IPA), 1904–90, U.S. psychologist and writer.
Cornelia Otis, 1901–79, U.S. actress and author.
her father, Otis, 1858–1942, U.S. actor.
noun
a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
noun
B(urrhus) F(rederic). 1904–90, US behavioural psychologist. His “laws of learning”, derived from experiments with animals, have been widely applied to education and behaviour therapy
n.
late 14c., “a dealer in skins,” from skin (n.); as “one who skins,” 1690s, agent noun from skin (v.). The surname is attested from mid-13c. Also in U.S. use “one who strips, robs, or plunders;” the name given to a band of marauders who committed depredations on Loyalists in New York during the Revolution. Cf. Old Norse skinnari “a dealer in skins; a skinner, tanner.”
Skinner Skin·ner (skĭn’ər), B(urrhus) F(rederick). 1904-1990.
American psychologist. A leading behaviorist, Skinner influenced the fields of psychology and education with his theories of stimulus-response behavior.
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