Mastery motivation in infants and toddlers: Is it greatest when tasks are moderately challenging?
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Infant Behavior and Development
- Vol. 11 (4) , 419-430
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(88)90003-3
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