Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 3: The Ethics of Helping People. Quote 15

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 3: The Ethics of Helping People. Quote 15

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“Why does the Ervin Committee not consider constitutional safeguards against the power which a person can amass by accumulating money? We have minimum wage laws and other laws restricting some uses of money, but we have no maximum wage laws restricting the extent to which money can be acquired for use.” (p. 46)

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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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