Personal Influences on Professional Work: An Empirical Case Study of B. F. Skinner

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 243-261

  Demorest, Amy P ^a   Siegel, Paul F ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIORISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0030096350     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00821.x     Document Type: Article

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