Beliefs about the meaning and measurement of intelligence: A cross-cultural comparison of American, British and Malaysian undergraduates

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Swami, Viren ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Maakip, Ismail ^c   Ahmad, Mohd Sharani ^c   Nawi, Nurul Hudani Mohd ^c   Voo, Peter S K ^c   Christopher, Andrew N ^d   Garwood, Jeanette ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^e LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VALIDITY;

EID: 41449085722     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1356     Document Type: Article

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