Fact Making in Psychology: The Voice of the Introductory Textbook

Theory and Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 609-636

  Smyth, Mary M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fact statements; Knowledge making; Latour; Psychology; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035636195     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301115002     Document Type: Article

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