“The verbal community specializes in self-descriptive contingencies. It asks such questions as : What did you do yesterday? What are you doing now ? What will you do tomorrow ? Why did you do that? Do you really want to do that ? How do you feel about that? The answers help people to adjust to each other effectively. And it is because such questions are asked that a person responds to himself and his behaviour in the special way called knowing or being aware. Without the help of a verbal community all behaviour would be unconscious. Consciousness is a social product.” –B.F. Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:43:15 +0000
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