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Standards Index: Development and Learning: Content Standard 2: Operant Conditioning

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2.3: Describe experimental examples of operant conditioning.

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Psychology: Behaviorism, B.F. Skinner and Social Media

Students will learn about behaviorism and the method of learning called operant conditioning that was developed by B.F. Skinner in the 1960s, and will explore why social media psychology makes that work highly relevant today.