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The Legacy of Behaviorism: Do this and you'll get that.

— Alfie Kohn

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

— B. F. Skinner

In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held…

— B. F. Skinner

Behavior is a virus. We spread our behavior to those around us, whether passively or on purpose.

— Justin Kan

Behaviorism proposes to study human behavior according to the methods developed by animal and infant psychology. It seeks to investigate reflexes and instincts, automatisms…

— Ludwig von Mises

If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov's dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do…

— Richard Rosen

It may be said that the basic characteristic of human behavior in general is that humans personally influence their relations with the environment and…

— Lev S. Vygotsky

There are absolutely ways to manipulate behavior, because our behavior is endlessly being manipulated by the world around us.

— Robert Sapolsky

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

— Stephen Covey

“All controlling behavior is a contractive reaction and misuse of power exacted to make another fulfill your conscious and unconscious needs. People who control…

— Markus William Kasunich

“Behaviorism entails the systematic denial of meaning, a denial which does violence to both the evidence and the everyday experience of humanity.”

— Theodore Dalrymple

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

— B. F. Skinner