About Behaviorism, Chapter 7: Thinking, Quote 3 Post author:B. F. Skinner Foundation Post published:May 15, 2017 Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day “Covert behavior has the advantage that we can act without committing ourselves; we can revoke the behavior and try again if private consequences are not reinforcing.” (p. 114) Subscribe to RSS feed here You Might Also Like About Behaviorism, Chapter 14: Summing Up, Quote 12 October 9, 2017 About Behaviorism, Chapter 1: The Causes of Behavior?, Quote 7 January 27, 2017 Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 10 April 12, 2019