When one has watched the actual shaping of behavior, it is obvious that such [traditional learning] curves do not reflect any important property of the change in behavior brought about by operant reinforcement . . . Yet the prestige of the learning curve is so great that psychologists are unable to believe their eyes when the process of learning is made visible. (p. 168)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 11: Reinforcement Today. Quote 8
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