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Murayama, Kou; Elliot, Andrew J.; Yamagata, Shinji – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In the literature on achievement goals, performance-approach goals (striving to do better than others) and performance-avoidance goals (striving to avoid doing worse than others) tend to exhibit a moderate to high correlation, raising questions about whether the 2 goals represent distinct constructs. In the current article, we sought to examine…
Descriptors: Evidence, Achievement Need, Genetics, Educational Research
Johnson, Douglas A.; Dickinson, Alyce M.; Huitema, Bradley E. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
We examined whether objective feedback would enhance performance when individuals were paid monetary incentives. A two-by-two factorial design was used, with 123 college students assigned to incentive pay without feedback, incentive pay with feedback, fixed pay without feedback, or fixed pay with feedback. Participants attended six sessions and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Incentives, College Students, Motivation