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Lyndon B Skinner Research Paper

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In total, Skinner published nearly two hundred articles and over twenty books. Skinner continued to write about his life and theories until he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989. Today Skinner's preferred field of behaviorism is no longer a dominant school of thought, but his developments in operant conditioning continues to be used by mental health professionals who use reinforcement and punishment to alter behavior in the classroom and even by animal trainers. His work won him several awards from 1966 to 1990 including the Edward Lee Thorndike Award, the National Merit of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Gold Medal of the American Psychological Foundation and the Human of the Year Award and the Citation for Outstanding

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