B.F. Skinner

His complete name was Burrhus Frederic Skinner. He was born on March 20, 1904 and died August 18, 1990. He was an American psychologist, inventor, author, advocate for social reform, and a poet.

He is best know for creating the operant conditioning chamber, founding his own school of experimental research psychology, creating his own philosophy of science called Radical Behaviorism, and for being the most influential psychologist of the 2oth century.

The Operant Conditioning Chamber is a laboratory apparatus used for the experimental analyisis of animal behavior. It was composed of one electrified floowr grid, two lights, one loud speaker, one food chamber and one response lever.