Behavior Quotes

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It is that the individual has within him or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering the self-concept basic attitudes, and his or her self-directed… — Carl Rogers
A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior. — Albert Bandura
Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them… — Albert Bandura
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… — 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 responsible… — B.F. Skinner
I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of… — B.F. Skinner
To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables. — B.F. Skinner
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies. — B.F. Skinner
While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies. — Herbert Marcuse
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Speaking of a future at most only decades away, an experimenter in intelligence control asserted, â€œI foresee a time when we shall have the means… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
No matter how deeply disturbing the thought of using the environment to manipulate behavior for national advantages to some, the technology permitting such use will… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. — A. E. van Vogt
I think [religion] is presumptuous and I think it is silly, because it makes you believe that you are less than what you can be.… — Harlan Ellison
We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their… — Malcolm X
The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders… — John Dos Passos
Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws… — Ban Ki-moon
Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior — Manmohan Singh
Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make… — B.F. Skinner

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