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The absence of volitional capacity must not be confused with an inability to modify fixed action patterns. Healthy people are able to modify a stimulated fixed action pattern by consciously recognizing, from personal observation or education offered by others, the point of its activation and simply stop doing it through a choice of their [[free will]], whereas animals without a sufficiently strong volitional capacity may not be able to disengage from their fixed action patterns, once activated.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lorenz |first=Konrad |title=Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge |year=1977 |publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |location=New York |isbn=978-0-15-111699-7 }}</ref>

The absence of volitional capacity must not be confused with an inability to modify fixed action patterns. Healthy people are able to modify a stimulated fixed action pattern by consciously recognizing, from personal observation or education offered by others, the point of its activation and simply stop doing it through a choice of their [[free will]], whereas animals without a sufficiently strong volitional capacity may not be able to disengage from their fixed action patterns, once activated.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lorenz |first=Konrad |title=Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge |year=1977 |publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |location=New York |isbn=978-0-15-111699-7 }}</ref>

[[Behaviorism]], founded upon the research of such thinkers as [[B. F. Skinner]], and [[Ivan Pavlov]], holds that most significant behavior is learned, consciously and unconsciously, and can be modified

[[Behaviorism]], founded upon the research of such thinkers as [[Burrhus Frederic Skinner|B. F. Skinner]], and [[Ivan Pavlov]], holds that most significant behavior is learned, consciously and unconsciously, and can be modified

:*voluntarily, with awareness, consent and cooperation, and  

:*voluntarily, with awareness, consent and cooperation, and  

:*involuntarily, induced without awareness or consent.

:*involuntarily, induced without awareness or consent.

==External links==

==External links==

[https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html Skinner - Operant Conditioning, By Saul McLeod (simplypsychology.org)]

[https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html Skinner - Operant Conditioning, By Saul McLeod (simplypsychology.org)]