Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 7: Can We Profit from Our Discovery of Behavioral Science? Quote 4

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 7: Can We Profit from Our Discovery of Behavioral Science? Quote 4

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Post published:November 1, 2019
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“It is not so much the complexity of human behavior that causes trouble as the traditional practice of looking for explanations inside the behaving person.” (p. 85)

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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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“It is not so much the complexity of human behavior that causes trouble as the traditional practice of looking for explanations inside the behaving person.” (p. 85)

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