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Carlson, Sibylle J.; Latta, R. Michael – 1980
One attributional model of achievement proposes that individuals attribute their own and others' performance outcomes to one or more of four causes, i.e., ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck, and that such attributions have motivational significance for subsequent achievement-related behavior. The effects of gender, level of resultant…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns
Omelich, Carol L.; Covington, Martin V. – 1980
Under a mastery learning system students can take successive parallel tests with study interspersed between tests until they demonstrate a minimal level of competency. For most students, such procedures increase final performance, yet some may experience repeated subjective failure. Self-worth theory predicts that repeated failure in the face of…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, College Students
