Undergraduate Education in Psychology: Will the Mermaids Sing?

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 434-441

  Brewer, Charles L ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039922182     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.4.434     Document Type: Article

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