Mind or virtue a western and Chinese beliefs about learning

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Li, Jin ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Learning beliefs; Mind; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744575243     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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