Ethics and the Persuasive Enterprise of Teaching Psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 549-562

  Friedrich, James ^a   Douglass, David ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000464123     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.5.549     Document Type: Article

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