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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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The Psychology of B.F. Skinner

B.F. Skinner believed that free will had little to do with why humans and animals do the things they do. He used operant conditioning, a method of using rewards and consequences to get a preferred behavior. His most controversial invention came when he created an air-conditioned crib for his daughter.

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