About Behaviorism, Chapter 10: The Inner World of Motivation and Emotion, Quote 10

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About Behaviorism, Chapter 10: The Inner World of Motivation and Emotion, Quote 10

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Post published:July 3, 2017
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“The objection to the inner workings of the mind is not that they are not open to inspection but that they have stood in the way of the inspection of more important things.” (p. 182)

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The pathological condition of verbal behavior called aphasia often emphasizes functional differences which are hard to understand in terms of the traditional account … The aphasic has lost some of the functional relationships which control his verbal behavior. A response of a given form may no longer be under the control of one functional relation, although it is still under the control of another. (p. 190)
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“The objection to the inner workings of the mind is not that they are not open to inspection but that they have stood in the way of the inspection of more important things.” (p. 182)

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