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REINFORCEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH MENTAL PATIENTS

T AYLLON, N H AZRIN

    Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    |July 1, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    MENTAL RETARDATIONREINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY)SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY

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