Other species imitate, but if they model behavior to be imitated, it is only as the product of natural selection. The consequence of modeling the behavior of the imitator is too remote to serve as an operant reinforcer. Only in the human species does the behavior of the imitator reinforce modeling. (p. 665)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 52: Can Psychology Be a Science of Mind? Quote 7
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