Question

Skinner's model of causation is:

A)		selectionist
B)		cognitive
C)		structuralist
D)		both (a) and (c)

Answer 1

Answer:

Option A) Selectionist

Verbal Behavior is a 1957 book by psychologist B. F. Skinner, in which he inspects human behavior, describing what is traditionally called linguistics. The book Verbal Behavior is almost entirely theoretical, involving little experimental research in the work itself. Skinner's theory simply states those employees' behaviors that lead to positive outcomes will be repeated and behaviors that lead to negative outcomes will not be repeated (Skinner, 1953). So it is a model of selection.