Skinner believed that all learning took place in this associative manner, and that all complex patterns of behaviour, such as learning could be broken down into smaller steps that could be taught one by one in a simple fashion.
Skinner aliamini kwamba kujifunza wote ulifanyika kwa namna hii associative, na kwamba mifumo yote tata ya tabia, kama vile kujifunza inaweza kuwa kuvunjwa katika hatua ndogo ambayo inaweza kufundishwa moja kwa moja katika mtindo rahisi.