Psychologists whose work on learning rests on observable behavior, reinforcement and the analysis of how behavior is shaped, from the early connectionist learning experiments to operant conditioning and applied behavior analysis. A person belongs here when the cited article calls the person a behaviorist or names behavior analysis, applied behavior analysis or connectionism as the person's work. It excludes cognitive, developmental and humanistic theorists, who sit in their own groups. Their ideas shaped programmed instruction, classroom behavior management and early intervention for children.
All Behaviorist and Behavior Analysis Psychologists
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Nathan Azrin, 82; applied theory to help people change
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Dr. Nathan Azrin practiced the theories he learned at Harvard University under behavioralist B.F. Skinner.
Montrose M. Wolf (1935-2004)
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who led the founding of the discipline of problem-solving real-world research called applied behavior analysis
Ole Ivar Lovaas (Wikipedia)
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He was best known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis (ABA) to modify the behavior of autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement.
Edward Thorndike (Wikipedia)
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His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to his "theory of connectionism" and helped lay the scientific foundation for educational psychology.
Wikipedia: Charles Ferster
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A pioneer of applied behavior analysis, he developed errorless learning and was a colleague of B.F. Skinner's at Harvard University, co-authoring the book Schedules of Reinforcement (1957).
Wikipedia: Sidney W. Bijou
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Sidney William Bijou (November 12, 1908, June 11, 2009) was an American developmental psychologist who developed an approach of treating childhood disorders using behavioral therapy, in which positive actions were rewarded and negative behaviors were largely ignored, rather than punished.
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