B. F. SKINNER AND THE AUDITORY INKBLOT: The Rise and Fall of the Verbal Summator as a Projective Technique

History of Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-378

  Rutherford, Alexandra ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1442280615     PISSN: 10934510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1093-4510.6.4.362     Document Type: Article

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