Recent Issues. Chapter 11: A New Preface to Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Quote 3

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Recent Issues. Chapter 11: A New Preface to Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Quote 3

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Post published:March 18, 2019
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“Survival is only one kind of selective consequence, however. Most of what we do can be traced to two other kinds …” (p. 114)

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 6: Special Conditions Affecting Stimulus Control. Quote 7
Reinforcing sounds in the child’s environment provide for the automatic reinforcement of vocal forms. Such sounds need not be verbal; the child is reinforced automatically when he duplicates the sounds of airplanes, streetcars, automobiles, vacuum cleaners, birds, dogs, cats, and so on. But among the sounds which become important are the verbal responses of his parents and others. (p. 164)
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“Survival is only one kind of selective consequence, however. Most of what we do can be traced to two other kinds …” (p. 114)

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