Recent Issues. Chapter 8: The School of the Future. Quote 8

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Recent Issues. Chapter 8: The School of the Future. Quote 8

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Post published:February 21, 2019
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“Cognitive psychology . . . was heralded as a return to the traditional study of the mind, and those who embarked on the improvement of our schools had never left that tradition.” (p. 93)

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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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“Cognitive psychology . . . was heralded as a return to the traditional study of the mind, and those who embarked on the improvement of our schools had never left that tradition.” (p. 93)

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