This study was designed to measure the effect of option on cognitive andaffective behavior and reexamine the function of locus of control as a predictor of academic performance in a situation where option-in-means is provided while option-in-ends is controlled. (Author/RK)

Research involving perceived internal versus external control of reinforcement as a personality variable has been expanding at a rapid rate. This article discusses (a) the place of this construct within the framework of social learning theory, (b) misconceptions and problems of a theoretical nature, and (c) misuses and limitations associated with…

Each item of the Rotter Locus of Control Scale and 28 of the 80 items of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale were revised because of syntax or vocabulary that were considered to be problematic for deaf adolescents. The original and modified forms of each instrument were administered to 90 deaf adolescents from four residential schools.…

To explore the effects of competition in a state fair art show on high school art students' self-concepts, three hypotheses were investigated. It was expected that (1) a significant majority of students entering the art competition would have an internal locus of control; (2) students who were characterized by an internal locus of control would…

Contradictory predictions concerning control over negative events exist in Walster's self-protective attribution theory which maintains that on-lookers in negative situations are apt to seek control by convincing themselves that such a situation couldn't happen to them, while Shaver's defensive attribution theory suggests that in a comparable…

Prospective remembering (remembering to carry out specific activities at some future time) was investigated in this study. This investigation focused on episodic prospective remembering (memory for actions performed either infrequently or on an irregular basis ) rahter than habitual prospective remembering (memory for actions routinely engaged…

This report presents the results of two experimental studies undertaken to investigate some of the differences in success and failure attributions made by actors and observers in an achievement situation. Causal attributions of a person actually experiencing a success or failure (the actor) and someone who read about the situation (the observer)…

A rationale is established for designing a self-concept instrument for minority children which differs from traditional self-concept instruments. The paper describes a battery of instruments designed by the investigator, which tests, after three other variables of self-concept, a fourth variable, "sense of control". This seems to be an important…

Processing requirements in letter discrimination for beginning readers with reflective-impulsive and field-dependent--field-independent learning styles were investigated. Results were interpreted in terms of feature analyses employed in letter identification and discrimination. (BJG)

Undergraduates in an economics course reported prior grade averages and their final exam predictions. Students rated the influence that ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck had on performance and completed an achievement motivation scale. Regression analyses provided support for the attribution model of achievement expectations. Sex…

Perceptions of study habits were compared for internally oriented subjects who were exposed to effective study techniques and those who were not. Illustrated post-tests for the interactions revealed patterns reflecting upward shifts for subjects exposed to effective study habits. (Author)

Describes the Motivational Style Questionnaire, an 80-item, three-factor (locus of control, social need, and achievement motivation) instrument, designed to measure student motivation objectively. (RAO)