The Practice of Psychological Science: Searching for Cronbach's Two Streams in Social-Personality Psychology

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1206-1225

  Tracy, Jessica L ^a   Robins, Richard W ^b   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

personality psychology; research methods; social psychology; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 66049091615     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015173     Document Type: Article

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