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Trouble in reinforcementland

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Robert C. Bolles
Robert C. Bolles
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Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98105
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 390
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