Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 2: What Is Wrong with Daily Life in the Western World? Quote 21

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Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 2: What Is Wrong with Daily Life in the Western World? Quote 21

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Post published:March 27, 2020
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“When for the first time we make a reinforcer contingent upon a response, we bring an operant into existence.” (p. 27)

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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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