Naming and categorization in young children: II. Listener behavior training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-288

  Horne, Pauline J ^a   Lowe, C Fergus ^a   Randle, Valerie R L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category match to sample; Children; Listener behavior; Naming; Stimulus classes; Tacting

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444290336     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.81-267     Document Type: Article

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