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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... important thing , but is ^ this what is meant by " the way men feel about things " ? Are things not reinforcing because they feel good or bad ? Whey " sams way " Kakistary Bobterabsch makes this a moot Feelings are said to be part of ...
... important thing , but is ^ this what is meant by " the way men feel about things " ? Are things not reinforcing because they feel good or bad ? Whey " sams way " Kakistary Bobterabsch makes this a moot Feelings are said to be part of ...
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... important only if it strengthened behavior which actually produced results . Hence , the importance of the fact that any change that follows closely upon a response is most likely to have been produced by it . A third reason , related ...
... important only if it strengthened behavior which actually produced results . Hence , the importance of the fact that any change that follows closely upon a response is most likely to have been produced by it . A third reason , related ...
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... important engineering problem . The good of a culture cannot function as the source of genuine reinforcers for the individual , and the rein- forcers contrived by cultures to induce their members to work for their survival are often in ...
... important engineering problem . The good of a culture cannot function as the source of genuine reinforcers for the individual , and the rein- forcers contrived by cultures to induce their members to work for their survival are often in ...
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