Chapter 4 Operant Conditioning o 4.3.1 Burrhus frederic skinner. He said in 1967. had failed as a writer because I had nothing important to say, but I could not accept that explanation. It was literature which must be at fault.He gave up describing human behavior through literature, and attempted to describe it through science. x 1936-1945, taught Psy. at Uni. of Minnesota. published The behavior of Organisms(1938). *in 1945, he went to Indiana University. During World War II, he applied his theory to the problem of national defense ●大from1948to1990, he worked in harvard uniChapter 4 Operant Conditioning ⚫ 4.3.1 Burrhus Frederic Skinner: ⚫ He said in 1967,”I had failed as a writer because I had nothing important to say, but I could not accept that explanation. It was literature which must be at fault”.He gave up describing human behavior through literature, and attempted to describe it through science. ⚫ ＊1936-1945, taught Psy. at Uni.of Minnesota.published The Behavior of Organisms(1938). ⚫ ＊in 1945,he went to Indiana University.During World War Ⅱ,he applied his theory to the problem of national defense. ⚫ ＊from 1948 to 1990, he worked in Harvard Uni