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Perry, Raymond P.; Tunna, Kate – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
Type A and B students (N=159) received contingent or non-contingent feedback on an aptitude test, attended a lecture from an expressive or unexpressive instructor, and received an achievement test and attributional questionnaire. Non-contingent feedback lowered perceived control for both types. Self-perceptions of Type A students were unaffected…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Educational Quality
Perry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – 1983
The effects of contingency training, instructor expressiveness, and student incentives on student achievement and attributions were investigated in a simulated college classroom. The following conditions were involved: a contingency manipulation resembling an aptitude test; an instructor lecture; two levels of student incentive; and an achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Feedback, Helplessness, Higher Education
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Magnusson, Jamie-Lynn; Perry, Raymond P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Students (N=340) at the University of Manitoba (Canada) with internal and external loci of control (LOC) received no training or received either contingent or non-contingent feedback. Student achievement and achievement attributions were measured against variations in expressiveness in a videotaped lecture. Training and LOC influenced students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Instruction, College Students