A conceptual and psychometric framework for distinguishing categories and dimensions

Psychological Review

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-158

  De Boeck, Paul ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Acton, G Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 12344336440     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.112.1.129     Document Type: Article

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