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Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 10:Intellectual Self-Management in Old Age. Quote 16

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An audience is a neglected, independent variable. What one says is determined in a very important way by the person one is talking to. (p. 156)

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 6: Special Conditions Affecting Stimulus Control. Quote 7
Reinforcing sounds in the child’s environment provide for the automatic reinforcement of vocal forms. Such sounds need not be verbal; the child is reinforced automatically when he duplicates the sounds of airplanes, streetcars, automobiles, vacuum cleaners, birds, dogs, cats, and so on. But among the sounds which become important are the verbal responses of his parents and others. (p. 164)
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