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Peer reviewedWard, William D; Jungbluth, John E. – Journal of Psychology, 1980
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Performance Factors, Self Reward
Peer reviewedAmes, Carole; Felker, Donald W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Sixth-grade children classified as high or low in self-concept were given an achievement task on which they succeeded or failed. High, more than low, self-concept children attributed their success to the skill cue. High self-concept children also engaged in more self-reward for success. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Intermediate Grades, Puzzles
Peer reviewedPerry, Louise C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Confirmed the hypothesis that happiness leads to self-indulgence when children have no reason to believe that excessive self-gratification is morally wrong but that happiness promotes self-denial when children fear that excessive self-gratification violates a moral rule. Results with 112 White, middle-class, Australian children ages four to five…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
