Psychology among the sciences: Comparisons of numbers of theories and laws cited in textbooks

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Roeckelein, Jon E ^a  

^a Mesa Community College   (United States)

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EID: 0347053011     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.131     Document Type: Article

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