Skinners radical behaviorism and conditioning

How does Skinner’s radical behaviorism and operant conditioning compare to Watson’s classical behaviorism and classical conditioning?

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Skinner’s radical behaviorism and conditioning is unique and quite different from the ideas of other proponents in the behaviorism school of thought. Skinner explained his idea on behaviorism based on the environment and environmental factors. He defied the framework of psychology by stating that the environment was an operant conditioner for human behavior. In his theory he claims that human behavior is developed by repetitive habits. All habits and actions have consequences that could be natural. These consequences influence human behavior directly by either taming human behavior……

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