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- 1988
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- 95
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- 2
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- 256-273
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- 1093
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Carol S. Dweck,
Ellen L. Leggett
(1988).
A social^cognitive approach to motivation and personality..
Psychological Review
, 95
(2)
, 256-273.
https://doi.org/10.1037//0033-295x.95.2.256
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- 10.1037//0033-295x.95.2.256