SOME FACTORS CONTROLLING PREFERENCE BETWEEN FIXED-RATIO AND VARIABLE RATIO SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT1
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0022-5002
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1968.11-689