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ERIC Number: EJ653377
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Accuracy of Self-Assessment and Task Performance: Does It Pay To Know the Truth?
Forsterling, Friedrich; Morgenstern, Matthis
Journal of Educational Psychology, v94 n3 p576-85 Sep 2002
An integration of conceptions about attributional antecedents with those of attributional consequences is applied to achievement behavior. Results reveal that participants who were induced to make realistic attributions spent more time on tasks for which they had demonstrated high ability than on tasks for which they had demonstrated low ability. (Contains 28 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Behavior, Time on Task
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Germany