Gregory Bateson on deutero-learning and double bind: A brief conceptual history

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-278

  Visser, Max ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; DOUBLE BIND INTERACTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642280681     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.10112     Document Type: Review

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