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Condensed from an M.A. thesis done at the State University of Iowa. I am greatly indebted to Leon S. Otis and Judson S. Brown for their guidance throughout the course of this study, and to Dee W. Norton and Harold P. Bechtoldt for statistical advice.
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Fogel, M.L. The conditioning of fear to internal stimuli. Psychol Rec 11, 169–176 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393400
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