To say that [responses] are instinctive is merely to say that each form of behavior is observed in most members of a given species, when there has been no opportunity for individual learning. In such cases we must fall back on an evolutionary explanation. (p. 462)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Appendix: The Verbal Community. Quote 5
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