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Chapter 8 - I Never Intended to Become a Research Psychologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2018

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Beth A. Hennessey
Edited by
Robert J. Sternberg  and
James C. Kaufman
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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The Nature of Human Creativity , pp. 110 - 124
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Print publication year: 2018

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