Cumulative Record. Chapter 28: The Operational Analysis of Psychological Terms. Quote 52

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Cumulative Record. Chapter 28: The Operational Analysis of Psychological Terms. Quote 52

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The confusion which seems to have arisen from a principle which is supposed to eliminate confusion is discouraging. (p. 430)

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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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