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Meara, Naomi M.; Wixson, Stanton E. – 1970
The study is based on the assumption that certain noncognitive factors influence the learning process, and attempts to tentatively isolate what such variables might be. Subjects were 93 students enrolled in a General Psychology course. Each completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and was then assigned randomly to one of 4 treatment groups: (1)…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
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Ferguson, Eva D. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Theories, College Students, Motivation
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Latta, R. Michael; And Others – 1976
This study (N=160 males) examined the cognitive and behavioral effects of overt success feedback on subjects high and low in resultant achievement motivation (RAM). The cognitive effects of overt success feedback were investigated by requesting attributions to effort, ability, luck, and task difficulty concerning performance on a digit-symbol…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Experimental Psychology, Feedback, Higher Education
Osborne, John W.; Farley, Frank H. – 1971
In two separate paired-associate learning experiments each employing 40 university students as subjects, the contribution of individual differences (IDs) in arousal to short- and long-term retention was investigated using IDs in salivary response to lemon juice stimulation as an index of arousal. Experimental subjects were pre-selected out of 184…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, College Students, Experimental Psychology, Individual Differences