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ERIC Number: EJ253000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Competitive versus Cooperative Reward Structures: The Influence of Individual and Group Performance Factors on Achievement Attributions and Affect.
Ames, Carole
American Educational Research Journal, v18 n3 p273-87 Fall 1981
The effects of cooperative and competitive reward structures on children's attributions and effective reactions to success and failure were examined. Results showed that competitive contingencies accentuated the differences in self-other perceptions and cooperative contingencies minimized these differences. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Cooperation, Grade 5, Grade 6, Group Activities, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Relationship, Rewards, Self Concept, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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