Behavioral momentum and resistance to change

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Operant and Classical Conditioning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 249-274

  Craig, Andrew R ^a   Nevin, John A ^b   Odum, Amy L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum theory; Behavioral persistence; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907999073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118468135.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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