"My emergence as a unique individual with my own identity began in the ovaries and testes of my parents when they themselves were embryos in the grandparental womb. The events occurring then were in themselves linked via a continuous thread back through successive ancestral germ lines to the emergence of humanity itself. Just as anthropologists cannot define an exact and absolute point during evolutionary time when our ancient ancestors became human, so I cannot define any single developmental transition at which I became an individual with a clear identity. The evolution of humans and the development of my identity are both continuous processes." (Johnston, 1989, p. 41)
"Surprising parallels can be drawn between the notion of an organism as a stream and phenomena which arise in the study of water. For example, continual movement can give rise to a form which appears static: '...when a wave appears behind a stone in a stream, a form is all the time being created out of movement, with new substance constantly flowing through it. This is an archetypal principal of all living creation - an organic form, in spite of continuous chemical change, remains intact.'" (Schwenkk, 1990, p.33)
"Behavior is a difficult subject matter, not because it is inaccessible, but because it is extremely complex. Since it is a process, rather than a thing, it cannot be held still for observation. It is changing, fluid, evanescent, and for this reason it makes great technical demands upon the ingenuity and energy of the scientist. But there is nothing essentially insoluble about the problems which arise from this fact." (Skinner 1953, p. 15)
Johnston, J.M. (1997). The place of behavior analysis in the academy. Behavior and Social Issues, 7, 99-101.
Schwenk, T. (1990). Sensitive chaos. London: Rudolf Steiner.
Skinner, B.F. (1953). Science and Human Behavior. New York: Free Press.
