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Theories and human behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Morton L. Schagrin
Morton L. Schagrin
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Faculty for Arts, Education and Humanities, State University College, Fredonia, N.Y. 14063
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 536
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