About Behaviorism, Chapter 10: The Inner World of Motivation and Emotion, Quote 5

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About Behaviorism, Chapter 10: The Inner World of Motivation and Emotion, Quote 5

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Post published:June 27, 2017
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“What behaviorism rejects is the unconscious as an agent, and of course it rejects the conscious mind as an agent, too.” (p. 169)

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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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“What behaviorism rejects is the unconscious as an agent, and of course it rejects the conscious mind as an agent, too.” (p. 169)

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