Incipient stages of behavior which has been punished generate aversive stimuli, and possibly the concomitant emotional effect called anxiety, and the speaker escapes from these and avoids punishment by “doing something else”—including stubbornly doing nothing. (p. 400)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 16: Special Conditions of Self-Editing. Quote 9
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