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ERIC Number: EJ231221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980-Mar
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Self-Assessment, Self-Enhancement, and Task Preference.
Trope, Yaacov
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, v16 n2 p116-29 Mar 1980
Subjects were presented with tasks varying in the extent to which success was diagnostic of high ability and failure was diagnostic of low ability. Results supported the self-assessment theory--high achievement-motivated subjects were more interested in obtaining diagnostic information than in succeeding at difficult tasks. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Need, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Motivation, Performance, Personality Theories, Self Concept
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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