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The authors examined gender differences and the influence of intelligence quotient (IQ) test experience in the self and partner estimation of H. Gardner's (1999) 10 multiple intelligences. Portuguese students (N = 190) completed a brief…
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The article looks at the state of the U.S. educational system and examines the failure of American students to compete with the rest of the world as of September 2011. It discusses how the American educational system remained stagnant amid the…
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Discusses the result of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Position of American 12th graders in different subjects; Excuses of American educational system regarding the world-class failure; Results of the students' psychological…
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The article looks at the state of the U.S. educational system and examines the failure of American students to compete with the rest of the world as of September 2011. It discusses how the American educational system remained stagnant amid the…
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Being preoccupied with the pursuit of money, wealth, and material possessions arguably fails as a strategy to increase pleasure and meaning in life. However, little is known about the mechanisms that explain the inverse relation between material ism…
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Reports on a study by the Market Segment Research on the materialism among minorities. Willingness of blacks to talk about their material desires; Materialism as an unpopular philosophy in the 1990s; Asians as the minority group reluctant to flaunt…
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This article reviews the construct and measurement of materialism and concludes that materialism is appropriately conceptualized as a consumer value. The development of a values-oriented materialism scale with three components--acquisition…
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The present study examined the extent to which cultural identity would be associated with adaptive and maladaptive psychosocial functioning, both directly and indirectly through a personal identity consolidation. A sample of 773 White, Black, and…
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The authors explored the emergence and antecedents of racial stereotyping in 89 children ages 3-10 years. Children completed a number of matching and sorting tasks, including a measure designed to assess their knowledge and application of both…