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Achievement Need | 1 |
Affiliation Need | 1 |
Child Development | 1 |
Early Experience | 1 |
Females | 1 |
Motivation | 1 |
Parent Child Relationship | 1 |
Psychological Studies | 1 |
Sex Differences | 1 |
Socialization | 1 |
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Journal of Social Issues | 1 |
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Hoffman, Lois Wladis | 1 |
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Hoffman, Lois Wladis – Journal of Social Issues, 1972
Research findings in child development are reviewed to shed light on female achievement motives, with the suggestion that females have high needs for affiliation which influence their achievement motives and behavior, sometimes enhancing and sometimes blocking them. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, Child Development, Early Experience