Adults' lay views about intelligence: A Reversal theory approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Giraudeau, Caroline ^a   Chasseigne, Gérard ^b   Apter, Michael J ^c   Mullet, Etienne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Université de Champagne   (France)

^c Apter International   (United States)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Intelligence; Lay conceptions; Older adults; Reversal theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751065444     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. In: Apter M.J. (Ed). Motivational styles in everyday life: A guide to Reversal theory (2001), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
2. Bachman J.G. Youth in transition II: The impact of family background and intelligence on tenth-grade boys (1970), The Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI
3. Berg C.A., and Sternberg R.J. Adult's conceptions of intelligence across the adult life span. Psychology and Aging 7 (1992) 221-231
4. Furnham A. Self-estimates of intelligence: Culture and gender difference in self and other estimates of both general g and multiple intelligences. Personality and Individual Differences 31 (2001) 1381-1405
5. Lakhdar, M, Vinsonneau, G., Apter, M.J., & Mullet, E. (in press). Conversion in Islam among French adolescents and adults: A systematic inventory of motives. International Journal of Psychology of Religion.
6. Lim W., Plucker J., and Im K. We are more alike than we think we are. Implicit theories of Intelligence with a Korean sample. Intelligence 30 (2002) 185-208
7. In: Qualls S.H., and Abeles N. (Eds). The aging revolution: How we adapt to longer life (2000), APA, New York
8. Sternberg R.J. Implicit theory of intelligence, creativity, and wisdom. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 49 (1985) 607-627
9. Sternberg R.J. Successful Intelligence (1996), Simon and Schuster, New York
10. Sternberg R.J. The concept of intelligence. In: Sternberg R.J. (Ed). Handbook of Intelligence (2000), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
11. Sternberg R.J., Conway B.E., Ketron J.L., and Bernstein M. People's conceptions of intelligence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 41 (1981) 37-55
12. Taylor S.E., and Brown J.D. Positive illusions and well-being revisited: Separating fact from fiction. Psychological Bulletin 116 (1994) 21-27
13. Yang S.-Y., and Sternberg R.J. Taiwanese Chinese people's conceptions of intelligence. Intelligence 25 (1997) 21-36