Personality traits and critical thinking skills in college students: Empirical tests of a two-factor theory

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Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-176

  Clifford, Jennifer S ^a   Boufal, Magdalen M ^a   Kurtz, John E ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Five factor model; Intelligence; Openness; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STUDENT; THINKING; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TESTS; STUDENTS; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4544375999     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104263250     Document Type: Article

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