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Preview: ... of hard work (Goodwin, 2005). She also taught Skinner that a need for considering how others thought of him (Goodwin, 2005).Skinner did work hard, but did not care much about how others thought of him. As an adult, Skinner was recommended to New York’s Hamilton College (Goodwin, 2005). While in school he was not fond of his dormitory lifestyle. While at a writer’s convention he met a poet by the name of Robert Frost (Goodwin, 2005). Skinner was able to find his niche by sending numerous writings to Frost. Thanks to Frost’s high praise, Skinner tried to lead a career in decision (Goodwin, 2005). He took a year off from school to read and write. During this year things he read about were popular articles on behaviorism. These popular articles led him to Watson and Pavlov’s research on behaviorism. He became instantly intrigued by behaviorism. These events led to a graduate study in the field of psychology at Harvard starting in 1928 (Goodwin, 2005). By 1931 he earned his PhD from Harvard, and later developed his own form of behaviorism called Radical Behaviorism. ( Dr. Boeree, 2006). Skinner’s theory of radical behaviorism became known as Operant Conditioning. He developed the theory of operant conditioning as a way of continuing the pairing of environmental behaviors with related stimuli ( Dr. Boeree, 2006). Tolman’s Biography, Work, and Perspectives Edward C. Tolman was born in 1886 to an upper-class family. Tolman learned the virtues of perseverance and hard work from his father, and his strong moral foundation from his mother (Goodwin, 2005). His father was a successful business executive and his mother was a homemaker with a Quaker background (Goodwin, 2005). Tolman ...

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