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. 2001 May;75(3):357–378. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2001.75-357

Explaining avoidance: two factors are still better than one.

A Baron 1, M Perone 1
PMCID: PMC1284827  PMID: 11453628

Abstract

Two-factor theory remains a viable account of avoidance behavior. By emphasizing the interplay of respondent and operant contingencies, two-factor theory encourages the analysis of stimuli that mediate molar consequences and incorporates control by local events as well as events that are temporally remote, improbable, or cumulative.

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