Personal conceptions of intelligence: Cross-cultural comparisons between portuguese and italian students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 815-826

  Faria, Luísa ^a   Pepi, Annamaria ^b   Alesi, Marianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Level of education; Personal conceptions of intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747124761     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.7.815     Document Type: Review

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