Editing B. F. Skinner (section)

=== Psychodynamic psychology ===
Skinner has been repeatedly criticized for his supposed animosity towards [[Sigmund Freud]], [[psychoanalysis]], and [[psychodynamic psychology]]. Some have argued, however, that Skinner shared several of Freud's assumptions, and that he was influenced by Freudian points of view in more than one field, among them the analysis of [[defense mechanisms]], such as [[Psychological repression|repression]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Toates |first=F. |year=2009 |title=Burrhus F. Skinner: The shaping of behavior |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, England |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Overskeid|first=Geir|s2cid=4610708|date=September 2007|title=Looking for Skinner and Finding Freud|journal=American Psychologist |volume=62|issue=6|pages=590–595|doi=10.1037/0003-066x.62.6.590|pmid=17874899|citeseerx=10.1.1.321.6288}}</ref> To study such phenomena, Skinner even designed his own [[projective test]], the "verbal summator" described above.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rutherford |first=A. |year=2003 |title=B. F. Skinner and the auditory inkblot: The rise and fall of the verbal summator as a projective technique |journal=History of Psychology |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=362–378 |doi= 10.1037/1093-4510.6.4.362|pmid=14735913 }}</ref>