Beyond Freedom and DignityArgues that concepts of freedom and dignity are destructive of values they claim to foster; that a technology of behavior would be more prductive of the good society. |
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... effect of a reinforcer which cannot be attributed to its survival value in the course of evolution ( the effect of heroin , for example ) is presumably anom- alous . Conditioned reinforcers may seem to suggest other kinds of ...
... effect of a reinforcer which cannot be attributed to its survival value in the course of evolution ( the effect of heroin , for example ) is presumably anom- alous . Conditioned reinforcers may seem to suggest other kinds of ...
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner. ples of control , because in their abruptness and clarity of effect , they seem to start ... effects . His apparatus exerts a conspicuous control on the pigeon , but we must not overlook the control exerted by ...
Burrhus Frederic Skinner. ples of control , because in their abruptness and clarity of effect , they seem to start ... effects . His apparatus exerts a conspicuous control on the pigeon , but we must not overlook the control exerted by ...
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... effect , but with the evolution of organized society the susceptibility to that kind of reinforcement has become less impor- tant and may now interfere with more useful social relations . It is one of the functions of a culture to ...
... effect , but with the evolution of organized society the susceptibility to that kind of reinforcement has become less impor- tant and may now interfere with more useful social relations . It is one of the functions of a culture to ...
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