Control deprivation and styles of thinking

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 460-478

  Zhou, Xinyue ^a   He, Lingnan ^b   Yang, Qing ^b   Lao, Junpeng ^b,c   Baumeister, Roy F ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical thinking; Control deprivation; Cultural difference; Holistic thinking; Learned helplessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING;

ATTENTION; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863752645     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026316     Document Type: Article

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