Effects of unreinforced conditional selection training, multiple negative comparison training, and feedback on equivalence class formation

Psychological Record

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 685-702

  Adams, Barbara J ^a   Fields, Lanny ^b   Verhave, Thom ^c  

^a Wake Technical Community College   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039521810     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395335     Document Type: Article

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