We do not really explain “disturbed behavior” by attributing it to “anxiety” until we have also explained the anxiety. The extra step required is in the spirit of an experimental science: it is a search for a manipulable variable rather than a verbal explanation. (p. 362)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 24: The Flight from the Laboratory. Quote 6
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