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Walden Two

Science And Human Behavior

's consequences affect the probability of its occurring again.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again. B. F. Skinner

Behavior is determined by its consequences. B. F. Skinner

is shaped and maintained by its consequences.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences B. F. Skinner

is the manipulation of behavior. Those who object to it most violently nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds.

It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds. B. F. Skinner

is the idea that belief, desire, thought, consciousness, and so on, are simply certain kinds of behavior.

belief, desire, thought, consciousness, and so on, are simply certain kinds of behavior.

 breeds geniuses, offering a man something to be a genius about.

Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about. B. F. Skinner

is plastic: 'Give me a child and i'll shape him into anything.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything. B. F. Skinner

is overvalued. Rather than teaching great books what should be taught is a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books... we should teach a love of reading. B. F. Skinner

is destiny. The consequences of any act affects the probability of its occurring again.

is less a matter of controlling free men than improving the way in which they are controlled.

It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled. B. F. Skinner

 must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.

A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other. B. F. Skinner

is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do, the situation being what it is.

A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting. B. F. Skinner

is merely programming where one controls both stimuli and outcomes. Values are individuals' response preferences which may be biologically based or inferred from behavior. 'Programs' may be administered by machines or by humans with simple programming.

For Skinner, education is merely programming where one controls both stimuli and outcomes. Values are individuals' response preferences which may be biologically based or inferred from behavior. 'Programs' may be administered by machines or by humans with simple programming.

 transcends all the intellectual capacities of men, leaving us to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten so that things seem simpler.

Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten. Of course things seem simpler then! Our memories work that way... we retain the facts which are easiest to think about. B. F. Skinner

 people never learn from; rats, yes, but people, never.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience. B. F. Skinner

is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner

is won at the expense of others. When one man gets a place in the sun, others of equal achievement are put in a denser shade.

Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss. B. F. Skinner

is not the lack of restraint or control but the lack of the objectionable control of force.

But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but the objectionable control of force. B. F. Skinner

is a less important matter than the matter of how to improve the way in which man is controlled.

is doubtful. We must question the notion of an autonomous person whose behavior is uncaused and who is therefore fully responsible and justifiably punished for his offenses.

In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment. B. F. Skinner

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