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This is my project page and it will focus on improving pages regarding sociology and psychology literature and terminologies. To this end, I plan to do this by adding content, citations, images, and categories to Wikipedia entries.

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My dashboard page

Edited Articles so far

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Created Articles

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  1. As Long as You Are Here (novel)
  2. Wendy Loretto

Sources

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  • DiscoverEd
  • JSTOR
  • Textbooks and articles on Sociology & Psychology.
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