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We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise as mutations are selected or discarded by their consequences, so novel forms of behavior are selected or discarded through reinforcement.

B. F. Skinner's Popular Quotes

The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before…

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The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that th…

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The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

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The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an ope…

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Men build society and society builds men.

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A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

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What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.

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The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.

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