F Skinner's theory, known as radical behaviorism, is similar to Watson's view that psychology is the study of the observable behavior of individuals interacting with their environment (Behaviorism 1). Basically what he stated in his radical behaviorism was that if an animal or a human is praised for doing something and there is a reward, he will most likely do it. On the other hand, if there is no reward there is a high probability that a human or animal will not do it. For example, if you tell a teenager to get his toys and his reward is candy, he will most likely do so because he is rewarded with something that is considered positive reinforcement. Conversely, if he is not told that he will be rewarded something, he will most likely not do it, which constitutes negative reinforcement. Watson and Skinner's ideas on behaviorism are similar because they both focused on the idea that behaviorism can be predicted and controlled by the environment. Overall, behaviorism is an important topic in today's society. Although the main focus was in the 20th century, behaviorism is still discussed by many psychologists today. Three important figures such as Watson, Pavlov and Skinner were some of the few who designed their own experiments to prove that behaviorism is all about observable behavior. Therefore, it is known that behaviorism is behavior acquired through conditioning
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