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Leigland, S. Science and human behavior: A review of William Baum’s Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution (2nd ed.). BEHAV ANALYST 29, 279–287 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392138

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