Pluralism and heuristic identification: Some explorations in behavioral genetics

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 796-807

  Schouten, Maurice K D ^a   de Jong, Huib Looren ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behavioral genetics; heuristic identity theory; phenotypic outcomes; reductionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346125317     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301116006     Document Type: Article

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