You can't take it with you why ability assessments don't cross cultures

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1115-1124

  Greenfield, Patricia M ^a   Monique Ward, L ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000868936     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.10.1115     Document Type: Article

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