Psychology of science as a new subdiscipline in psychology

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 330-334

  Feist, Gregory J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive psychology of science; development of scientific reasoning; personality; psychology of science; science education; science studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053577372     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411418471     Document Type: Article

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