Is the “Cinderella Effect” Controversial?: A Case Study of Evolution-Minded Research and Critiques Thereof

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 383-400

  Daly, Martin ^a   Wilson, Margo ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203888155-32     Document Type: Chapter

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