In Search of Introductory Psychology's Classic Core Vocabulary

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-147

  Griggs, Richard A ^a,b   Mitchell, Montserrat C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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