"Knows what is good and bad", "Can teach you things", "Does lots of crosswords": Children's knowledge about wisdom

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 582-598

  Glück, Judith ^a   Bischof, Belinda ^a   Siebenhüner, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elementary school children; Gender differences; Implicit theories; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864705114     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.631376     Document Type: Article

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