If a young person does not work productively, it is not because he does not like his job or is lazy; it is because the contingencies are defective. His feeling about his job, and the traits of character he displays in it, are by-products of the same contingencies. (p. 471)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 32: Why Are the Behavioral Sciences Not More Effective. Quote 17
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