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Associative Predispositions

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The Biology of Learning

Part of the book series: Dahlem Workshop Reports ((DAHLEM LIFE,volume 29))

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A failure to understand instances of selective association in the context of a general learning process results in a very superficial analysis.

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Revusky, S. (1984). Associative Predispositions. In: Marler, P., Terrace, H.S. (eds) The Biology of Learning. Dahlem Workshop Reports, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70094-1_22

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