;s was an optimist who believed that the answer lies in recognizing our lack of control, and committing ourselves to being more effectively controlled by a behaviorally designed technology. His idea of radical behaviorism was a stimulus-response theory of psychology can account for all of the overt behaviors that psychologist seek to explain. He also believed that individuals do not actually have a personality. One of Skinner's most important contributions is operant conditioning. He believed that many behaviors couldn't be explained by classic conditioning. He used the term respondent behavior to explain Pavlov's dogs. Respondent behaviors are reflexes or automatic responses that are elicited by stimuli. They are unlearned but may be conditioned or changed through learning. In contrast, operant behaviors are responses emitted without a stimulus necessarily being present. They are acts on the environment, made freely and occurring spontaneously. These behaviors allow for operant conditioni
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