Behavior is determined by its consequences.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

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 for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli

Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.