Emergent conditional discriminations in children and adults: Stimulus equivalence derived from simple discriminations

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-84

  Smeets, Paul M ^a   Barnes, Dermot ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031183035     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2377     Document Type: Article

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