Confidence rating shifts and performance as a function of locus of control, self-esteem, and initial task experience.

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Studied 80 undergraduates in an experiment using a 2 * 2 * 2 * 15 factorial repeated-measures design. Internal and external Ss with high and low self-esteem were required to solve 5 easy anagrams (success condition) or 5 very difficult anagrams (failure condition) before attempting to answer 10 common anagrams of moderate difficulty level. Results indicate that high-self-esteem internals who were quite responsive to their initial task experiences performed more effectively on the last 10 problems than those who were not as responsive. An exploration of the manner in which high- and low-esteem internals react to failure is presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)