Behavior Quote by B. F. Skinner Download Open image “A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.” — B. F. Skinner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behavior Contingency Given Habits Identity Self
Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We develop and… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow… — Dr Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“the very notion of personality, which is what we are trying to get at here, seems to have very limited application to me and… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“When the self is not engaged in apprehending objects it becomes aware of itself.” — W.T. Stace Copy Share Image
“Perhaps defining a self begins with simply making the first choice, simply rising up and deciding what you desire, and then methodically, like writing,… — Michele Rosenthal Copy Share Image
To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Those who have had anything useful to say have said it far too often, and those who have had nothing to say have been… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the… — Melissa West Copy Share Image
“We are endowed with genes which code out our reaction to beavers and otters, maybe our reaction to each other as well. We are… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right. — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film. — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
