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Nicholls, John G.; Miller, Arden T. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Kindergarten through eighth-grade children were presented with two revisions (luck and skill) of the Matching Familiar Figures Test. Questioning about performance of hypothetical others revealed four levels of differentiation of luck and skill. These levels showed parallels with age-related changes in conceptions of difficulty, effort, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children