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The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
B. F. Skinner
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B. F. Skinner
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 20
Died: 1990
Died: August 18
Autobiographer
Ethologist
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Susquehanna Depot
Pennsylvania
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Skinner BF
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