The can and cannot do attitude: How self-estimates of ability vary across ethnic and socioeconomic groups

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-148

  Ivcevic, Zorana ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Ethnicity; Intelligence; Self concept of ability; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883164276     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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