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Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology was edited by C. F. Lowe, M. Richelle, D. E. Blackman, & M. Bradshaw, and published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, New Jersey.

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Lee, V.L. Radical Behaviorism and Behavior Analysis: A Review of Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology. BEHAV ANALYST 10, 95–101 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392412

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