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and operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
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But in order to do so,
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you have to use terms like "punishment" and "reward"
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and "reinforcement" in such a vague way
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that in the end you're not saying anything scientific.
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So, behaviorism as a dominant intellectual field has faded,
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but it still leaves behind an important legacy
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and it still stands as one of
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the major contributions of twentieth century psychology.
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For one thing, it has given us
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a richer understanding of certain learning mechanisms,
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particularly with regard to nonhumans.