B. F. Skinner on choice
B. F. Skinner107 quotes“We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.”
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When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner
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