Testing common sense

American Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 912-927

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a   Wagner, Richard K ^b   Williams, Wendy M ^a   Horvath, Joseph A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000642276     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.50.11.912     Document Type: Article

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