Is success or failure atsolving complex problems related to intellectual ability?

The Psychology of Problem Solving

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 87-126

  Wenke, Dorit ^a   Frensch, Peter A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 77951603250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615771.004     Document Type: Chapter

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