Examining the acceptance of and resistance to evolutionary psychology

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-296

  Fitzgerald, Carey J ^a   Whitaker, Mitchell B ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Consilience; Evolutionary psychology; Resistance; Sub disciplines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955838715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800211     Document Type: Article

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