Role of choice and outcome on feelings of success and estimates of ability.
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 22 (1) , 121-127
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0032389
Abstract
Hypothesized that having a choice of tasks, as opposed to receiving a task randomly, would lower one's feelings of success and competence irrespective of whether one succeeded or failed at the task. A secondary hypothesis stated that one's feeling of "originship" would also be reduced. A total of 68 male undergraduates chose or were randomly assigned to solve number, verbal-reasoning, or concept-formation problems. Strong confirmation was found for the 1st hypothesis, while the 2nd must still be regarded as tentative. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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