On Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B. F. Skinner
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Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Almost all living things act to free themselves from harmful contacts. A kind of freedom is achieved by the relatively simple forms of behavior called reflexes. A person sneezes and frees his respiratory passages from irritating substances. He vomits and frees his stomach from indigestible or poisonous food. He pulls back his hand and frees it from a sharp or hot object. More elaborate forms of...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.133421