Psychology as history, and the biological renaissance: A brief review of the science and politics of psychological determinism

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-46

  Butler, Peter V ^a  

^a ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0032221328     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069808257262     Document Type: Article

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