Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 8: Why I Am Not a Cognitive Psychologist. Quote 14

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 8: Why I Am Not a Cognitive Psychologist. Quote 14

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“We choose the wrong path at the very start when we suppose that our goal is to change the “minds and hearts of men and women” rather than the world in which they live.” (p. 112)

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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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“We choose the wrong path at the very start when we suppose that our goal is to change the “minds and hearts of men and women” rather than the world in which they live.” (p. 112)

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