No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And what is true of the baby is true of the scientist.
— B.F. Skinner Modern

Behaviorism

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A Case History in Scientific Method

Date / Period

1956

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/10461

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