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The Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour and College Grades: The Role of Cognition and Past Behaviour in the Prediction of Students' Academic Intentions and Achievements
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Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Cameron, David Lansing; Høigaard, Rune – Educational Psychology, 2016
Understanding the underlying processes influencing college students' academic achievement represents an important goal of educational research. The aim of the present study was to examine the utility of the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the relative influence of cognitive processes and measures of past behaviour in the prediction…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Grades (Scholastic), College Students, Cognitive Processes
Motivational Processes in the Decomposed Prisoner's Dilemma Game
Pruitt, Dean G. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Sees motives of cooperation and noncooperation as a function of the game's reward system and infers that the same motives may operate in real-life situations. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (RW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Procedures Used in Phase I of the IGE Evaluation to Scale the Variable View of Learning: Constructivism vs. Behaviorism. Report from the Project on Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling.
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1978
A detailed description is provided of the variable, constructivism versus behaviorism (CVSB), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Behavior Theories, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes