The Psychology of Psychology: A Historically Grounded Sketch

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-36

  Richards, Graham ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mechanism; methodology; reflexivity; social role; status of psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036111032     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354302121002     Document Type: Article

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