Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 1: The Role of the Environment. Quote 24

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Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 1: The Role of the Environment. Quote 24

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Post published:February 12, 2018
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“Practical control is already a commonplace in the operant laboratory, where behavior is frequently manufactured to specifications and changed almost at will.” (p. 14)

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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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“Practical control is already a commonplace in the operant laboratory, where behavior is frequently manufactured to specifications and changed almost at will.” (p. 14)

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