RE: Jabbering !

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 18:39:37 BST

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Subject: RE: Jabbering !
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    Lawrence de Bivort wrote:

    <<And one can find out just why a
    peerrson wears a tie by _asking_ him why, by asking what is the value
    behind the behavior.>>

    Doesn't this pose a methodological problem? How confident are you that the
    answer you get when you ask someone the reason for a behavior is an accurate
    one? In general I don't think people are aware of all the causality behind
    their behaviors.

    Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
    http://www.memecentral.com/rbrodie.htm

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