Acquisition, generalization, and contextual control of taxonomic and thematic relational responding

Psychological Record

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-205

  Osborne, J Grayson ^a   Koppel, Louis ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035616648     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395394     Document Type: Article

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