Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 2: Are We Free to Have a Future? Quote 18

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 2: Are We Free to Have a Future? Quote 18

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Post published:July 12, 2019
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“Many species show innate imitative behavior, although its existence in man is still debated. In any case, there are contingencies of reinforcement, rather like those of survival, which induce people to behave as others are behaving.” (p. 22)

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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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“Many species show innate imitative behavior, although its existence in man is still debated. In any case, there are contingencies of reinforcement, rather like those of survival, which induce people to behave as others are behaving.” (p. 22)

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