Cognitive ability, learning approaches and personality correlates of general knowledge

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-437

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Swami, Viren ^b   Arteche, Adriane ^c   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; General knowledge; Leaning approaches; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849088806     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701727376     Document Type: Article

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