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Consistency of Pupils' Attributions regarding Success and Failure.
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Bar-Tal, Daniel; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Whether there is consistency in pupils' attributions regarding their achievement outcome in two consecutive tests in (a) the same subject and (b) different subjects was explored. Results showed consistency in individuals' attributional patterns. However, consistency scores ensuing from the same achievement outcomes were greater than those from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education
Joint Influence of Prior Beliefs and Current Situational Information on Stable and Unstable Attributions.
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Mikulincer, Mario – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Uses a Hebrew version of the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) to assess the attributional style among 120 Israeli undergraduate students. Students were asked whether their performance of a cognitive task was a result of personal or situational factors. Findings suggest that attributional style and situational cues contribute to the quality…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns
Socialization of Achievement: Influence of Mothers' Need for Approval on Children's Achievement Cognitions and Behavior.
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Lobel, Thalma E.; Bempechat, Janine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Effects of mothers' need for approval on children's expectancies for success and persistence during failure were studied for 90 fifth graders attempting to solve 4 puzzles, 3 of which were unsolvable. Parental and situational variables affect children's achievement cognitions and behavior. Implications for parental socialization of achievement are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education