The relation between stimulus function and equivalence class formation

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Tyndall, Ian T ^b   Roche, Bryan ^a   James, Jack E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Functional classes; Humans; Stimulus equivalence; Stimulus function

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444300145     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.81-257     Document Type: Article

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