About Behaviorism, Chapter 3: Innate Behavior, Quote 9

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Post published:March 21, 2017
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“The question is not whether the human species has a genetic endowment but how it is to be analyzed. It begins and remains a biological system, and the behavioristic position is that it is nothing more than that.” (p. 49)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The question is not whether the human species has a genetic endowment but how it is to be analyzed. It begins and remains a biological system, and the behavioristic position is that it is nothing more than that.” (p. 49)

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