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Commentaries, Etc. J E R Staddon and Y Zhang, 1989 Response selection in operant learning [[1]Behav.Process.,20:139-197 We show that simple, contiguity-based, nonassociative response-selection process provides a qualitative account for both anomalous and non-anomalous properties of operant conditioning The process can easily be extended to permit associative effects, it may therefore represent the initial processing stage for all conditioning in higher vertebrates. Key Words reinforcement, learning model, stochastic, superstition <exec mod=psycrit func=List_Responses_summary pfx=$pfx sfx=$sfx cols=0/>