Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 2: General Problems. Quote 2

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 2: General Problems. Quote 2

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Technically, meanings are to be found among the independent variables in a functional account, rather than as properties of the dependent variable. (p.14)

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 4: Verbal Behavior under the Control of Verbal Stimuli. Quote 2
A step in the direction of destroying the relation with a particular state of deprivation is taken by reinforcing a single form of response in ways appropriate to many different states … The effect of this procedure in releasing a response from a specific controlling condition is usually achieved in another way. Instead of using a great variety of reinforcements, each of which is relevant to a given state of deprivation or aversive stimulation, a contingency is arranged between a verbal response and a generalized conditioned reinforcer. (p. 53)
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