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Recent Issues. Chapter 8: The School of the Future. Quote 4

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Post published: February 15, 2019
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“An extraordinary step in the evolution of the human species brought its vocal musculature under operant control. The social environments we call languages then evolved.” (p. 87)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“An extraordinary step in the evolution of the human species brought its vocal musculature under operant control. The social environments we call languages then evolved.” (p. 87)

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