Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 5: Walden Two Revisited. Quote 14

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 5: Walden Two Revisited. Quote 14

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“In spite of our lip service to freedom, we do very little to further the development of the individual. How many Americans can say that they are doing the kinds of things they are best qualified to do and most enjoy doing?” (p. 63)

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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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“In spite of our lip service to freedom, we do very little to further the development of the individual. How many Americans can say that they are doing the kinds of things they are best qualified to do and most enjoy doing?” (p. 63)

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