Why Behaviorism Isn't Satanism

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Barrett, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal; Behavior; Behaviorism; Cognition; Cognitivism; Evolution; Learning; Psychology

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EID: 84881259266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738182.013.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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