Temperament and self-based correlates of cooperative, competitive and individualistic learning preferences

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 180-188

  Gocłowska, Małgorzata A ^a,b   Aldhobaiban, Nawal ^c   Elliot, Andrew J ^a,c   Murayama, Kou ^d   Kobeisy, Ahmed ^c   Abdelaziz, Ashraf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Competitive; Cooperative; Individualistic; Social interdependence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940555538     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12206     Document Type: Article

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