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Peer reviewedMasters, John C.; Christy, Monica D. – Child Development, 1974
It was hypothisized that socialization within an achievement-oriented culture would encourage children to adjust the amount of self reward according to length and difficulty of a task. Task length but not difficulty was found to influence a self reward in second grade children. (ST)
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Students, Reinforcement, Self Reward
Achievement Standards for Contingent Self-Reinforcement: Effects of Task Length and Task Difficulty.
Download full textMasters, John C.; Christy, Monica C. – 1973
It was hypothesized that socialization within an achievement-oriented culture would encourage children to adjust the amount of contingent self-reward according to the length and difficulty of a task. A total of 32 second grade children completed long-easy, long-difficult, short-easy, and short-difficult versions of three tasks and set their own…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Individual Development, Reinforcement
