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ALL theories of behaviour have to make predictions about observable responses. Despite the arguments of Kendler1, this should, not be allowed to conceal the fact that different behaviour theories differ radically as to the rules by which they determine membership of a response class. If we are to go on using the term ‘response’ for the units of behaviour among which we seek orderly relationships, it is important that we should be clear what we mean by it.
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SHELDON, M. Response Learning. Nature 202, 1141–1142 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021141b0
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