Science and Human Behavior, Chapter 17: Private Events in a Natural Science, Quote 8

Science and Human Behavior“The community may resort to public accompaniments of the private event. For example, it may establish a verbal response to an aching tooth by presenting or withholding reinforcement according to a special condition of the tooth which almost certainly accompanies the private event or according to violent collateral responses such as holding the jaw or crying out.” (p. 259)

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