The un-making of a method: From rating scales to the study of psychological processes

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-65

  Rosenbaum, Philip J ^a   Valsiner, Jaan ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dialogical processes; introspection; measurement; quality; rating scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951897061     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309352913     Document Type: Article

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