In my observation of Skinner's comments about free will, he questions what we call free will based on behavior from unknown causes. Skinner used many terms to describe how behavior becomes hard-wired in a person. Schedules of reinforcement, variable ratios, and external reasons for acting were his theories on how repetitious events affect human behavior. But, for example, if a child is always rewarded with candy for good grades and as they get older, they notice the candy is making them overweight, is it then free will if the person breaks the candy habit? At that point, they are no longer following the schedule of reinforcement. The question then becomes, does free will come into play when one decides to break a self-limiting pattern. Once a person knows a pattern is harmful, then free will takes in the direction of change.

Skinner, B.F. 1968.The Technology of Teaching.New York: Meredith Corporation. pp. 61–2, 64–5, 155–8, 167–8. ||WorldCat