Intelligence and culture: How culture shapes what intelligence means, and the implications for a science of well-being

The Science of Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a   Grigorenko, Elena L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Dynamic testing; Intellectual skills; Intelligence; Positive psychology; Static testing; Successful intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921603274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567523.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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