Personal theories, intellectual ability, and epistemological beliefs: Adult age differences in everyday reasoning biases

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 400-416

  Klaczynski, Paul A ^a,c   Robinsonb, Billi ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTUITION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTH;

EID: 0033808820     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.15.3.400     Document Type: Article

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