Generational gains on the Draw-a-Person IQ scores: A three-decade comparison from Turkey

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Kagitcibasi, Cigdem ^a   Biricik, Duygu ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Draw a Person; Intelligence; Socio economic development; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052028273     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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