Spark Notes
Walden Two by B.F. Skinner: Study Guide - Mini Essays
For this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions about B.F. Skinner's Walden Two. Students may check some of their answers online.
Curated OER
What is Language?
Intended to be used along with the first chapter of An Introduction to Language textbook, this PowerPoint is full of linguistic terminology that is not necessarily explained. This tool can be used to complement a lecture or a text, but...
John Talavera
Autism iHelp – WH Questions
Who, what, when, where, and why questions are often the questions that teachers use to foster engagement, verbal communication skills, higher-order thinking, and hopefully, a deeper understanding of the world. This tool is geared toward...
American Psychological Association
Psychology Goes to Madison Avenue
As part of a study of well-known psychologists, class members create a name, a business logo, an advertisement for TV, online, radio, or print, and a pamphlet for the business run by one of the psychologists on a provided list. An...
American Psychological Association
Facebook Activity
Imagine if Sigmund Freud or Charles Darwin had a Facebook page. As part of a study of major historical figures in the field of psychology, class members are assigned a psychologist and design a mock Facebook page that includes...
Curated OER
Types of Behavior: Animal Behavior Research
How does one determine what influences animal behavior; Is it nature or nurture? After a short reading explaining different types of conditioning and other learned behaviors, scholars examine six scenarios to determine whether the...
Curated OER
The Exact Differential
Pupils integrate functions using u substitution. In this integrating functions using u substitution lesson plan, students integrate functions by setting part of the function equal to u and the other part equal to du. Pupils...
York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: Supersition in the Pigeon: B. F. Skinner
Classic study by B. F. Skinner concerning learned behavior in a pigeon.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: B. F. Skinner
Learn about the life and work of one of the most influential psychologists of all time, B.F. Skinner. He is known for inventing the operant conditioning chamber, and for his own experimental analysis of behavior.
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University: Personality Theories: b.f. Skinner
This biographical survey of the behaviorist B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) also discusses his writings (Walden II) and his theories on aversive stimulus, shaping, and the like.
PBS
Pbs: A Science Odyssey b.f. Skinner
Brief biographical information, insight on Skinner's ideas and beliefs, and an explanation of operant conditioning.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Chomsky's and Skinner's Theory of Language Acquisition
Includes short profiles of Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner, details of their ideas on language acquisition, the limitations of each perspective, and a chart of similarities and differences between their theories.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Annual Box Rat Training Competition
This Access Excellence class project describes what young scholars need to raise and train rats using the methods pioneered by the psychologist B.F. Skinner.
Other
Simply Psychology: Language Acquisition
Provides an overview of the theories of language acquisition put forward by B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky. Includes two videos.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: Language and Cognition: Theories of Language Acquisition
Discusses the two main influences on language acquisition - environmental as put forward by G.F. Skinner, and biological as espoused by Noam Chomsky.
York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It
Classical article by John B. Watson (one of the founders of Behaviorism) defining his views on Behaviorism.
Other
Athabasca University: Behaviorism Tutorial
A three-part tutorial on behaviorism can be accessed here. The first part is an extensive narrative part which provides a discussion on methodological behaviorism, mentalism, and radical behaviorism. The second part of the tutorial...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Slates, Slide Rules and Software
Did you learn to calculate using a 7-foot-long slide rule? Did you learn about the properties of numbers using brightly colored Cuisenaire rods? Ever wonder who invented the graph paper you used in geometry class? Go back to the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Behaviorism
Wikipedia provides a comprehensive article about behaviorism. The article discusses what behaviorism is, its origins, methodological behaviorism vs. radical behaviorism, and the role of behaviorism in philosophy. Also included are links...