My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

Operant conditioning (behavior modification) is a metaphor for accountability. B.F. Skinner was an experimental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s whose name and work came to ...

Functional analysis is an old concept within psychology. Recent scientific advances in understanding human language can put it at the center of psychotherapeutic interventions.

Originally borrowed from mathematics (Ponte, 1992), it is the central concept in behavior analysis, the perspective on psychology created by B. F. Skinner. The term refers to a core phenomenon ...

For decades I had a two-inch stack of correspondence with Carl Rogers sitting in my file drawer,” writes Howard Kirschenbaum in the introduction to his latest book, “On Becoming Carl Rogers’ ...

The city of Los Angeles finds itself battling raging wildfires that have already claimed 24 lives and destroyed 12,000 properties in just one week. Among the victims and evacuees are many of ...

As firefighters work tirelessly to contain the infernos, conspiracy theories have flooded social media, raising questions about the causes and nature of the devastation. One aspect of the ...

Hastings, Nebraska resident Jennifer A. Skinner, 30, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial services will be at 7 p ...

If you took an intro to psych course back in high school or college, you may remember B.F. Skinner as the father of “behaviorism.” He’s the guy who trained rats and pigeons to press levers ...