July 10, 2019 / Last updated : July 10, 2019 B. F. Skinner Foundation Skinner's Quote of the Day Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 2: Are We Free to Have a Future? Quote 16 “It is easy to show that a reinforcer which follows a response but has no other relation to it is effective; what we call superstition is an example.” (p. 20)