DNA Quote: BF Skinner

DNA Quote: BF Skinner

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted November 23, 2007 in DNA Quotes and Excerpts

bf skinnerA person is not an originating agent; he is a locus, a point at which many genetic and environmental conditions come together in a joint effect.

~ BF Skinner, About Behaviorism, New York: Knopf, 1974

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Comment by origins g Subscribed to comments via email

Skinner may have been surprised at the role of genes in operant conditioning ! Here’s a post on recent finding …
http://originsgenomeresources.net/musings/?p=70

From what I’ve read of Skinner, he wasn’t much surprised by anything! Strange fellow.

 
 

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