The Cultural Grounding of Social Psychological Theory

Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intraindividual Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 22-43

  Miller, Joan G ^a  

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Cultural considerations; Evolutionary theory; Psychological phenomena; Psychological theory; Social psychology

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EID: 84954624109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998519.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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