What is psychology about? Toward an explicit ontology

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-32

  Yanchar, Stephen C ^a   Hill, Jack R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037412639     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167802238811     Document Type: Article

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