John Watson's paradoxical struggle to explain Freud

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-312

  Rilling, Mark ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORISM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034145151     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.3.301     Document Type: Article

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