"The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent."

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Source : B.F Skinner (2012). “Science And Human Behavior”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

B. F. Skinner

#Reinforcement Quotes #Facts Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.”

Source : Bob Burg (1994). “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them.”
“I just went into the studio and did it all in one take. All I was thinking about was the next record; I had already sourced the tracks I wanted to use. I'd been thinking a lot about it and I wanted to represent myself, Leeds and fabric. I'm not very nationalistic, but I wanted to represent what was coming out of Britain as well as at the moment there's a lot of really good new music.”
“Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics.”
“I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.”
“Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs.”
“Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.”

Source : US Golf Association Interview, www.usga.org. August 11, 2012.
“I lost my head/when I found my heart.”

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