That's All Teaching Is; Arranging Contingencies Which

It Has Always Been The Task Of Formal Education To Set Up Behavior Which Would Prove Useful Or Enjoyable Later In A Student's Life.

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.

To Say That... Behaviors Have Different 'meanings' Is Only Another Way Of Saying That They Are Controlled By Different Variables.

The Problem Of Far Greater Importance Remains To Be Solved. Rather Than Build A World In Which We Shall All Live Well, We Must Stop Building One In Which It Will Be Impossible To Live At All.

If You're Old, Don't Try To Change Yourself, Change Your Environment.