Why psychology is not a biological science: Gilbert gottlieb and probabilistic epigenesis

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Greenberg, Gary ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ne ophenotype; Bidirectionality; Norm of reaction; Prenatal development; Probabilistic epigenesist

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013574929     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2007-1203     Document Type: Article

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