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ERIC Number: EJ095025
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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The Assessment of Effectance Motivation in Normal and Retarded Children
Harter, Susan; Zigler, Edward
Developmental Psychology, 10, 2, 169-180, Mar 74
Several measures of effectance motivation were constructed; their validity was assessed by administering them to groups of subjects whose effectance motivation was assumed to differ: normal, noninstitutionalized retarded, and institutionalized children matched on mental age. (CS)
Descriptors: Curiosity, Elementary School Students, Handicapped Children, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Personality, Test Construction, Validity
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Identifiers: Effectance Motivation