Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 2: Are We Free to Have a Future? Quote 15

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 2: Are We Free to Have a Future? Quote 15

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” In spite of the difference in time scale, operant conditioning bears a striking resemblance to natural selection. It builds an adaptation or adjustment to the environment.” (p. 19)

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 8: The Verbal Operant as a Unit of Analysis. Quote 5
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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” In spite of the difference in time scale, operant conditioning bears a striking resemblance to natural selection. It builds an adaptation or adjustment to the environment.” (p. 19)

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