Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 11: The Free and Happy Student. Quote 5

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 11: The Free and Happy Student. Quote 5

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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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“When it finds its most effective methods, education will be almost uniquely relevant to the task of setting up and maintaining a better way of life.” (p. 148)

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