The role of primary drive reduction in fixations.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Review
- Vol. 64 (2), 85-90
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040621
Abstract
A reanalysis of 2 experiments (see 23:1348 and 29: 2166) did not support Wolpe''s (see 28: 4003) contention that fixations are the results of reducing a primary drive induced either by air blast or shock.Keywords
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