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Kipnis, Dorothy McBride; Kidder, Louise H. – 1978
Reactions of men and women to failure in sex-appropriate and sex-inappropriate tasks were examined through performance records, self-ratings of learning progress, and attributions of performance to effort and ability. Fear of success studies show that individuals may avoid success where success is sex-inappropriate. It was thought that failure…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Failure, Fear of Success, Feedback