B. F. Skinner and Psychotechnology: The Case of the Heir Conditioner

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-167

  Benjamin, Ludy T ^a   Nielsen Gammon, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009961253     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.3.3.155     Document Type: Article

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