Recent Issues. Chapter 9: Programmed Instruction Revisited . Quote 3

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Recent Issues. Chapter 9: Programmed Instruction Revisited . Quote 3

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“We do not learn by imitating, however, or because we are told what to do. Consequences must follow.” (p. 99)

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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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“We do not learn by imitating, however, or because we are told what to do. Consequences must follow.” (p. 99)

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