The U-Shaped relationship between complexity and usefulness: A commentary

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1760-1766

  Foster, E Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649245001     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020180     Document Type: Note

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