NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Breil, Simon M.; Mielke, Ina; Ahrens, Helmut; Geldmacher, Thomas; Sensmeier, Janina; Marschall, Bernhard; Back, Mitja D. – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
Social skills are of key importance in everyday and work life. However, the way in which they are typically assessed via self-report questionnaires has one potential downside; self-reports assess individuals' global self-concepts, which do not necessarily reflect individuals' actual social behaviors. In this research, we aimed to investigate how…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Self Concept, Ability
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lloyd-Cox, James; Pickering, Alan; Bhattacharya, Joydeep – Creativity Research Journal, 2022
According to the standard definition, creative ideas must be both novel and useful. While a handful of recent studies suggest that novelty is more important than usefulness to evaluations of creativity, little is known about the contextual and interpersonal factors that affect how people weigh these two components when making an overall creativity…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Decision Making, Evaluators
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zhang, Jiayi; Beckmann, Nadin; Beckmann, Jens F. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Chinese students are frequently seen as passive learners because of their apparent reluctance to speak, particularly in English classrooms. However, this impression seems to reflect a stereotype which is likely to confound willingness to communicate (WTC) and communication behaviour. In this article we argue for more attention to be paid to…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction