Are Theories of Learning Necessary

Download or read book Are Theories of Learning Necessary written by B. F. Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain basic assumptions, essential to any scientific activity, are sometimes called theories. That nature is orderly rather than capricious is an example. Certain statements are also theories simply to the extent that they are not yet facts. A scientist may guess at the result of an experiment before the experiment is carried out. The prediction and the later statement of result may be composed of the same terms in the same syntactic arrangement, the difference being in the degree of confidence.