Some discontents with theoretical unification: A response to Henriques' "Psychology Defined"

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1279-1281

  Yanchar, Stephen C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Theoretical unification; Tree of Knowledge System

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METAPHYSICS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; THEORY; TREE OF KNOWLEDGE; UNIFICATION THEORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALISM;

EID: 10444228016     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20074     Document Type: Review

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