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Peer reviewedTriplet, Rodney G.; Cohn, Ellen S. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1984
Attempts to assess whether social learning or attributional theory best accounts for expectancies of future success in college students (N=159) with a modification of a task used by Weiner and Kukla (1970). Results indicated partial support for elements of both the social learning and attribution theories. (LLL)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Expectation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCunningham, John D.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
Studies the effects of childhood achievement experiences as they might determine generalized internal-external control orientations (I-E). Analysis of I-E items revealed that those who performed poorly were most likely to attribute achievement experiences to luck. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Children, Failure
