Implicit theories

Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-61

  Dweck, Carol S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446249222.n28     Document Type: Chapter

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