The roles of ability, personality, and interests in acquiring current events knowledge: A longitudinal study

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-278

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Pink, Jeffrey E ^c   Meinz, Elizabeth J ^b   Pettibone, Jonathan C ^b   Oswald, Frederick L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abilities; higher level cognition; individual differences; interest; knowledge; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149089075     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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