Radical behaviorist interpretation: Generating and evaluating an account of consumer behavior

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-354

  Foxall, Gordon R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Economic psychology; Radical behaviorist interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032348128     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03391971     Document Type: Article

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