About Behaviorism, Chapter 11: The Self and Others, Quote 23

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About Behaviorism, Chapter 11: The Self and Others, Quote 23

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Post published:August 9, 2017
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“One person changes the behavior of another by changing the world in which he lives. In doing so, he no doubt changes what the other person feels or introspectively observes.” (p. 199)

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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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“One person changes the behavior of another by changing the world in which he lives. In doing so, he no doubt changes what the other person feels or introspectively observes.” (p. 199)

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