Psychologist Quotes

Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.
People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce.
What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.
Great scientific contributions have been techniques.
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish.
I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.
I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
I'm very pessimistic.
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