Following Rules in the Intermontane West: 19th-century Mormon Settlement

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-73

  Norton, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delayed reinforcement; Metacontingency; Mormon settlement; Rule governed behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035625326     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392019     Document Type: Article

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