Who Is Good at This Game? Linking an Activity to a Social Category Undermines Children's Achievement

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533-541

  Cimpian, Andrei ^a   Mu, Yan ^b   Erickson, Lucy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; essentialism; generic language; intuitive theories; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861746048     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611429803     Document Type: Article

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