Causes of unity and disunity in psychology and behaviorism: An encounter with Arthur W. Staats' psychological behaviorism

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-173

  Virués Ortega, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic behavioral repertoires; Eclecticism; Psychological behaviorism; Radical behaviorism; Theoretical study; Unification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644897719     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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