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Observing responses and the limits of animal learning theory

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Hank Davis
Hank Davis
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Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 706 - 707
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