Context-specific learning, personality, and birth order

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Harris, Judith Rich ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Context specificity; Personality; Transfer of training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343916     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00087     Document Type: Article

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