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Skinner is the founder of Radical Behaviorism, the philosophy that underpins the science of Behavior Analysis. In previous videos, we have already studied various aspects of the behaviorist approach. In this video, we will summarize Skinner's view of human beings. Although Skinner has a deterministic view of human nature, he is quite optimistic. Since human behavior is shaped by the principles of reinforcement, our species is very adaptable, because of all the behaviors emitted, those that bring the most satisfactory results tend to be repeated in the future. Thus, people learn to live in the most harmonious way with their environment. ---------------------------------- Suggested works: “Introduction to Learning and Behavior”, 3rd ed., by Russell Powell, Diane Symbaluk and P. Honey. “Science and Human Behavior” by F. B. Skinner. “Theories of Personality”, 7th ed., by Jess Feist and Gregory Feist.