Science and Human Behavior, Chapter 6: Shaping and Maintaining Operant Behavior, Quote 10

Science and Human Behavior“A large part of behavior . . . is reinforced only intermittently. A given consequence may depend upon a series of events which are not easily predicted. We do not always win at cards or dice, because the contingencies are so remotely determined that we call them “chance.” (p. 99)

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