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Maslow pointed out that the Behaviourism of B. F. Skinner was apolitical. "will never find these words. Rather, he constantly talks about reinforcement. In Skinner’s (1962) novel, Walden Two the entire population is treated by conditioning, shaping, and molding. Essentially, it is a passive society led by a benevolent prophet. But Skinner never tells us who molds the prophet. Nor does Skinner explain what would happen if the prophet were not benevolent but instead malevolent."[1]
- ↑ Maslow, Abraham H. “What Psychology Can Offer the World.” In Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow, edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 116.