The transfer of avoidance evoking functions through stimulus equivalence classes

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Augustson, Erik M ^a   Dougher, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOCK; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030769992     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(97)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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