Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 2

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Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 2

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Post published:April 2, 2019
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“Later I bought Russell’s Philosophy (1927), in which he treated a few mentalistic terms in a behavioristic way. Although I had never had a course in psychology, I became an instant behaviorist.” (pp.121-122)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Later I bought Russell’s Philosophy (1927), in which he treated a few mentalistic terms in a behavioristic way. Although I had never had a course in psychology, I became an instant behaviorist.” (pp.121-122)

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