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Does anyone know of any famous psychology quotes? odd question i know, but ones ive found are a bit silly.
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Nicole89
"yarp" <--joke no not really, didn't the rat man (skinner) say something? or pavlov?
America is a mistake, a giant mistake- Freud


apparantly :laugh: (just did a google search)
There was an infamous quote by one of the behaviourists; I believe it was Skinner which went along the lines of

"Give me a child of average intelligence and ability, and I can turn them into anything I want."

It was probably more eloquently put than that; have a nosy on google.
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GodspeedGehenna
There was a notorious quote by one of the behaviourists; I believe it was Skinner which went along the lines of

"Give me a child of average intelligence and ability, and I can turn them into anything I want."

It was probably more eloquently put than that; have a nosy on google.



oo thank you! looking for something to put in my personal statement thats all.
i see your doing clinical psychology :smile: how is it? thats what im hoping to do
*LJS*
oo thank you! looking for something to put in my personal statement thats all.
i see your doing clinical psychology :smile: how is it? thats what im hoping to do


No worries, but be careful using it because Skinner (if thats who said it) was notoriously taken out of context and misrepresented in textbooks (according to some guy who lectured us a while back who actually worked with him in real life).

It's okay. Kind of lame in places, especially the social side. I don't start my Clinical year until 3rd though.
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GodspeedGehenna
There was an infamous quote by one of the behaviourists; I believe it was Skinner which went along the lines of

"Give me a child of average intelligence and ability, and I can turn them into anything I want."

It was probably more eloquently put than that; have a nosy on google.

Watson perhaps? He said:
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years.
SaphMB
Watson perhaps? He said:
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years.


Ah, yes! It was Watson! My apologies, I wasn't entirely sure.

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