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Extending Attribution Theory: Considering Students' Perceived Control of the Attribution Process
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Fishman, Evan J.; Husman, Jenefer – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Research in attribution theory has shown that students' causal thinking profoundly affects their learning and motivational outcomes. Very few studies, however, have explored how students' attribution-related beliefs influence the causal thought process. The present study used the perceived control of the attribution process (PCAP) model to examine…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Motivation, Student Attitudes, Beliefs
Testing Models of the Experience of Self-Determination in Intrinsic Motivation and the Conundrum of Choice.
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Reeve, Johnmarshall; Nix, Glen; Hamm, Diane – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Investigates commonly cited experiential qualities (internal locus, volition, perceived choice) to propose a model of the essential nature of perceived self-determination in intrinsic motivation. Results supported model in which internal locus and volition, but not perceived choice, constitute valid indicators of self-determination. Discusses…
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Models, Self Determination
Internal Comparisons in Everyday Life
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Moller, Jens; Husemann, Nicole – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
According to the internal/external frame of reference (I/E) model (H. W. Marsh, 1986), students not only compare their own abilities in a domain with those of other students (social comparison), they also compare their own achievements in different domains (internal comparison). The main purpose of this study was to investigate internal comparison…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Models, Comparative Analysis, Research Methodology
Semantic Differential Placement of Attributions and Dimensions in Four Different Groups.
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Chandler, Theodore A.; Spies, Carl J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This study was designed to validate subjects' classification of eleven attributions according to dimensions of locus, stability, controllability, predictability, and globality. Results indicated that subjects' dimensional assignment of five of Weiner's eight original attributions differed from Weiner's assignment. Differences existed in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Some Methodological Pitfalls in Attributional Research.
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Weiner, Bernard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
A temporal theory of motivation is proposed in which causes, causal dimensions, psychological consequences (expectancy and affect), and behavioral outcomes play a role in the dynamics of action. The discussion of methodological errors in attribution research that follows examines shortcomings at each of these conceptual stages in the motivational…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Expectation, Locus of Control
Children's Casual Attributions for Success and Failure in Achievement Settings: A Meta-Analysis.
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Whitley, Bernard E., Jr.; Frieze, Irene Hanson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
A meta analysis of research on children's attributions for success and failure was conducted to test the adequacy of the egotistic bias hypothesis for children in grades one to seven. Results supported the egotism hypothesis and indicated that both question wording and research context are important determinants of children's attributions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Children, Elementary Education