Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 4: Humanism and Behaviorism. Quote 11

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 4: Humanism and Behaviorism. Quote 11

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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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“Men and women have never faced a greater threat to the future of their species. There is much to be done and done quickly, and nothing less than the active prosecution of a science of behavior will suffice.” (p. 55)

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