Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 5: Operant behavior. Quote 21

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Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 5: Operant behavior. Quote 21

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Post published:June 12, 2018
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“An operant is a class, of which a response is an instance or member.” (p. 131)

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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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“An operant is a class, of which a response is an instance or member.” (p. 131)

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