Cumulative Record. Chapter 12: The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching. Quote 5

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Post published:September 8, 2022
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… it is not too difficult to arrange the complex contingencies which produce many types of social behavior. Competition is exemplified by two pigeons playing a modified game of ping-pong. (pp. 180-181)

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