Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 6: Special Conditions Affecting Stimulus Control. Quote 10

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 6: Special Conditions Affecting Stimulus Control. Quote 10

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The assumption that a punishing consequence simply reverses the effect of a reinforcing consequence has not survived experimental analysis. (p. 166)

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