• The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslapping, and many other ways of winning friends.

  B. F. Skinner
  American psychologist, behaviorist and author
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. backslapping
2. affection
3. teachers
4. behavior
5. problems
6. flattery

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The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslapping, and many other ways of winning friends. by : B. F. Skinner

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