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Skinnerian, a. and n.|skɪˈnɪərɪən|
[f. prec. + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to B. F. Skinner's behaviourist theories or methods.
B. n. A follower or adherent of B. F. Skinner.
1958Psychol. Bull. LV. 148/2 The studies to be reviewed in this paper follow this Skinnerian paradigm. 1964H. J. Eysenck Exper. Behav. Therapy ii. 187 One possible reason why Skinnerians have restricted them⁓selves in this fashion. 1965Language XLI. 98 The extreme Skinnerian view that the correct inductive generalization can be accomplished with no need for anything more than positive instances. 1977H. J. Eysenck You & Neurosis v. 168 Skinnerian behaviourism has become a ‘school’, in the same way as Freudianism did many years earlier. Skinnerians concentrate exclusively on a very small area of psychology. 1979Nature 29 Nov. 440/1 The sales techniques used in Iran, and no doubt they are now being used in other Third World countries, were a balanced compound of Skinnerian Psychology and gangsterism.
So ˈSkinnerism, Skinnerian behaviourism.
1969Times Educ. Suppl. 16 May 1640/2, I fear the growth of Skinnerism and its rats and pigeons. 1979Nature 24 May 355/1 They bring us a metatheoretical commitment to a hard-line Skinnerism, according to which even the editorial policy of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is dangerously revisionist. |