Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 3: The Ethics of Helping People. Quote 2

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 3: The Ethics of Helping People. Quote 2

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Post published:July 22, 2019
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“Comenius made the point nearly 400 years ago when he said that “the more the teacher teaches, the less the student learns.”” (p. 35)

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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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“Comenius made the point nearly 400 years ago when he said that “the more the teacher teaches, the less the student learns.”” (p. 35)

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