Reference:
Opening Skinner's Box
Lauren Slater
2004 W. W. Norton & Company
Summary:
This chapter examines how people are able to rationalize their behavior. Some rationalize their beliefs in a group setting (such as a cult). Some people will compromise their beliefs for a token payment (i.e. since they can't justify that they would compromise their views for a pittance, they must have really held different views the entire time). If nothing else, these observations work against the previous findings of Skinner and the behaviorist theory.
Discussion:
While interesting, I have long observed that people will be able to rationalize their behavior in almost any circumstance. Perhaps the most important thing to take from this chapter is that no one theory can be used to describe humanity.
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