The Comparator Hypothesis: A Response Rule for The Expression of Associations

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue C, 1988, Pages 51-92

  Miller, Ralph R ^a   Matzel, Louis D ^a  

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EID: 77957099453     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60038-9     Document Type: Article

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