B. F. Skinner's method of controlling animal and human behavior and changing it for the better through conditioning is based on a belief in __________.

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Skinner's method is based on determinism, the belief that all behavior is caused by prior events and that the consequences of those events shape and control behavior. It is not based on coercion or divine intervention, and it does not support indeterminism, which suggests that behavior is unpredictable and not caused by any prior events.

B F Skinner's Method of Controlling Animal and Human Behavior and and Changing