What does it mean to be smart? The development of children's beliefs about intelligence in Germany and the United States

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-233

  Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a   McCall, Rona J ^a   Kinlaw, C Ryan ^a   Wiesen, Chistopher A ^a   Joyner, M Holland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Concept development; Cross cultural; Education; Intelligence; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844267118     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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