Skinner's broad vision for the design of society
A) is utopian, communal, and behaviorally engineered.
B) is based on the principles of operant conditioning.
C) involves using environmental control technology to shape human behavior.
D) stand in precise opposition to individual freedom and self-fulfillment.
E) included all of these.
E
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What will be an ideal response?
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