Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 15

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Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 15

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Post published:April 19, 2019
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“When a response was reinforced only in the presence of the light as an S Dee, the rat responded slowly in its absence (which, unfortunately, I called S Delta, hard to print) but responded immediately when the light came on.” (p. 127)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“When a response was reinforced only in the presence of the light as an S Dee, the rat responded slowly in its absence (which, unfortunately, I called S Delta, hard to print) but responded immediately when the light came on.” (p. 127)

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