I can easily recall the excitement of that first complete extinction curve. . . I had made contact with Pavlov at last! Here was a curve uncorrupted by the physiological process of ingestion. It was an orderly change due to nothing more than a special contingency of reinforcement. It was pure behavior! (p. 117)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 9: A Case History in Scientific Method. Quote 12
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