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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume 31, 1979 - Issue 4
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Transfer of persistence to the acquisition of a new behaviour

Robert Eisenberger Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19711, U.S.A.
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Jeffrey Carlson Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222, U.S.A.
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Michael Frank Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222, U.S.A.
Pages 691-700 | Received 09 May 1979, Published online: 29 May 2007

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Robert Eisenberger, FredA. Masterson & Susan Over. (1982) Maintenance-feeding effort affects instrumental performance. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B 34:3, pages 141-148.
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