Skill-Building Exercises and Generalizing Psychological Concepts to Daily Life

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-195

  Watson, David L ^a   Hagihara, Deborah K ^a   Tenney, Alyssa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0033462956     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328023TOP260306     Document Type: Article

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