B. F. Skinner
When a problem calling for therapy is due to a shortage of social or intimately personal reinforcers, a solution may be difficult… Simulated attention, approval, or affection will eventually cause more problems than it solves, and even the deliberate use of deserved attention cheapens the coinage.
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When a problem calling for therapy is due to a shortage of social or intimately personal reinforcers, a solution may be difficult… Simulated attention, approval, or affection will eventually cause more problems than it solves, and even the deliberate use of deserved attention cheapens the coinage. - B. F. Skinner quote

When a problem calling for therapy is due to a shortage of social or intimately personal reinforcers, a solution may be difficult… Simulated attention, approval, or affection will eventually cause more problems than it solves, and even the deliberate use of deserved attention cheapens the coinage.

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B. F. Skinner

American behaviorist

March 20th, 1904 - August 18th, 1990