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Peer reviewedTrope, Yaacov – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 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
