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Download full textFodor, Jerry – 1970
The greater part of this paper is dedicated to a non-technical discussion and criticism of the principles of Skinnerian behaviorism. Various aspects of the theory are examined, and its inability to deal with verbal behavior as a productive and creative activity is asserted. The author's point of view is that expressed by Noam Chomsky in his…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Theories, Child Language, Conditioning
