The behavior of organisms?
The term ‘organism’ enjoys a revered place within the vocabulary of behavior analysis, most notably perhaps within the title of Skinner's seminal work (The Behavior of Organisms, 1938). The exact status of this term, however, is unclear. For instance, the term does not appear to be a technical one...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Record Vol. 47; pp. 597 - 619 |
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