Levels of Analysis, Regnant Causes of Behavior and Well-Being: The Role of Psychological Needs

Edward L. Deci; Richard M. Ryan

doi:10.1080/1047840x.2011.545978

Levels of Analysis, Regnant Causes of Behavior and Well-Being: The Role of Psychological Needs

Psychological Inquiry 22(1): 17-22

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Within both basic philosophy of science and theoretical biology the idea that scientific disciplines can be organized in some type of hierarchy reflecting micro-to-macro levels of analysis has been...

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