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On the inheritance of maze behavior. Journal of General Psychology, 1930, 4, 342-46.

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The concept of the reflex in the description of behavior. Journal of General Psychology, 1931, 5, 427-58.
Drive and reflex strength. Journal of General Psychology, 1932, 6, 22-37.

Drive and reflex strength: II. Journal of General Psychology, 1932, 6, 38-48.

On the rate of formation of a conditioned reflex. Journal of General Psychology, 1932, 7, 274-86.

A paradoxical color effect. Journal of General Psychology, 1932, 7, 481-82.

The abolishment of a discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1933, 19, 825-28.

The measurement of "spontaneous activity." Journal of General Psychology, 1933, 9, 3-23.

On the rate of extinction of a conditioned reflex. Journal of General Psychology, 1933, 8, 114-29.

The rate of establishment of a discrimination. Journal of General Psychology, 1933, 9, 302-50.

"Resistance to extinction" in the process of conditioning. Journal of General Psychology, 1933, 9, 420-29.

Some conditions affecting intensity and duration thresholds in motor nerve, with reference to chronaxie of subordination. American Journal of Physiology, 1933, 106, 721-37. (with E. F. Lambert [1] & A. Forbes [3])

A discrimination without previous conditioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1934, 20, 532-36.

The extinction of chained reflexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1934, 20, 234-37.

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A discrimination based upon a change in the properties of a stimulus. Journal of General Psychology, 1935, 12, 313-36.

The generic nature of the concepts of stimulus and response. Journal of General Psychology, 1935, 12, 40-65.

Two types of conditioned reflex and a pseudo type. Journal of General Psychology, 1935, 12, 66-77.

Conditioning and extinction and their relation to drive. Journal of General Psychology, 1936, 14, 296-317.

The effect on the amount of conditioning of an interval of time before reinforcement. Journal of General Psychology, 1936, 14, 279-95.

A failure to obtain "disinhibition." Journal of General Psychology, 1936, 14, 127-35.

The reinforcing effect of a differentiating stimulus. Journal of General Psychology, 1936, 14, 263-78.

Thirst as an arbitrary drive. Journal of General Psychology, 1936, 15, 205-10.

The verbal summator and a method for the study of latent speech. Journal of Psychology, 1936, 2, 71-107.

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The distribution of associated words. Psychological Record, 1937, 1, 71-76.

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The behavior of organisms: An experimental analysis. New York: Appleton-Century, 1938.
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An apparatus for the study of animal behavior. Psychological Record, 1939, 3, 166-76. (with W. T. Heron [1])

Some factors influencing the distribution of associated words. Psychological Record, 1939, 3, 178-84. (with S. W. Cook [1])

A method of maintaining an arbitrary degree of hunger. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1940, 30, 139-45.

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The processes involved in the repeated guessing of alternatives. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1942, 30, 495-503.
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