Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 6: The Steep and Thorny Way to a Science of Behavior. Quote 19

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 6: The Steep and Thorny Way to a Science of Behavior. Quote 19

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“The practical problem in continuing the struggle for freedom and dignity is not to destroy controlling forces but to change them …” (p. 80)

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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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“The practical problem in continuing the struggle for freedom and dignity is not to destroy controlling forces but to change them …” (p. 80)

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