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Affect and Self-Gratification
Vanty, David F.; Vaillant, Suad K.
Journal of Educational Research, 69, 3, 122-4, Nov 75
The article describes a research design which found that children who were induced to think positively (happy thoughts) by an experimenter rewarded themselves with more available money than with children who had been induced to feel negatively (sad thoughts) and children in a control group. (CD)
Descriptors: Achievement, Failure, Negative Attitudes, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Self Reward, Success
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