Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 8: Why I Am Not a Cognitive Psychologist. Quote 6

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Reflections on Behaviorism and Society. Chapter 8: Why I Am Not a Cognitive Psychologist. Quote 6

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“Because controlling circumstances which lie in an organism’s history of reinforcement are obscure, the mental surrogate gets its chance.” (p. 102)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Because controlling circumstances which lie in an organism’s history of reinforcement are obscure, the mental surrogate gets its chance.” (p. 102)

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