B. F. SKINNER
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Skinner has made notable contributions to the theory of personality particularly
in the area of personality development. Skinner seems to be critical about the
contributions of theory to scientific developmen t. He is not totally anti-theory as
some of his critics have labelled him. He sees his own contribution and principles
as being derived from pn.•ci!!e experimentation. Even though he asked in one of his
papers whether Theories of Learning are necessary, (Skinner, 1950), he later
showed the need for theory in some areas, hence the discussion of Ski nner's theory
of personality seems to be in order
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BF Psychology