Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 19

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Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 19

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Post published:April 25, 2019
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“We can predict and control behavior without knowing anything about what is happening inside. A complete account will nevertheless require the joint action of both [behavior and brain] sciences, each with its own instruments and methods.” (p. 130)

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The pathological condition of verbal behavior called aphasia often emphasizes functional differences which are hard to understand in terms of the traditional account … The aphasic has lost some of the functional relationships which control his verbal behavior. A response of a given form may no longer be under the control of one functional relation, although it is still under the control of another. (p. 190)
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“We can predict and control behavior without knowing anything about what is happening inside. A complete account will nevertheless require the joint action of both [behavior and brain] sciences, each with its own instruments and methods.” (p. 130)

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