Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 4: The experimental analysis of behavior. Quote 15

“Uncontrollable independent variables. The ethologists study behavior as a function of species status. A graylag goose behaves in a given way because it is a graylag goose. To change the behavior we should have to change the species. No matter how important genetic variables may be, we do not manipulate them as such in predicting and controlling the behavior of a given organism.” (p. 87)

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