Modeling the links between need for cognition and the acquisition of a complex skill

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-212

  Day, Eric Anthony ^a   Espejo, Jazmine ^a   Kowollik, Vanessa ^a   Boatman, Paul R ^a   McEntire, Lauren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex skills; Goal orientation; Learning; Motivation; Need for cognition; Self efficacy; Skill acquisition; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751301618     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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