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- Influence
The interaction of UCS intensity and intertrial interval in avoidance learning
- Paul S. Kurtz, J. N. Shafer
- Psychology
- 1 November 1967
In a 3 by 3 factorial design, 27 rats were given 50 trials of avoidance conditioning in a shuttlebox. The main effects of shock (.2,.4, and.8 mA) and of intertrial interval (15, 30, 60 sec), as well… Expand
Challenges to the enlightenment : in defense of reason and science
- Paul S. Kurtz, T. Madigan
- Political Science
- 1994
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which began in seventeenth century Europe and espoused an optimistic project: an end to human ignorance and the slavish adherence to ancient text and… Expand
The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1925 - 1953: 1929-1930-Essays, the Sources of a Science of Education, Individualism, Old and New, and Construction and Criticism
- J. Dewey, Paul S. Kurtz
- Sociology
- 1984
- 3
The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal
- Paul S. Kurtz
- Psychology, Sociology
- 1 March 1988
Is Marxism a Religion
- Paul S. Kurtz
- Sociology
- 1988
Lewis Feuer occupies a special place in American pholosophical thought: first, as a sympathetic Marxist scholar and later as one of the most severe critics of Marxist philosophy.* For a long period… Expand
Adaptation to the conditioning chamber in multi-session avoidance learning
- Paul S. Kurtz, J. N. Shafer, V. A. Hardesty
- Psychology
- 1 May 1966
To assess the effect of adaptation upon avoidance learning, hooded rats were given 10 avoidance conditioning trials daily either following 20 min. adaptation to the apparatus, or prior to being… Expand