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)
