Psychological Development and Education ›› 2000, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 42-46,17.

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Competitive Reward Structure and Valence of Outcome on Children’s Achievement Attributions

张学民1, 郭德俊2   

  1. 1. 北京师范大学心理学系, 100875;
    2. 首都师范大学教育系, 100037
  • Online:2000-07-15 Published:2000-07-15

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Abstract: This study examined how success and failure outcomes under competitive and noncompititive reward structure influence children's achievement attributions,and self/other reward ratings.The experi-mental design is a 2×2×2 three-factor design with one repeated measure.Fifth-grade primary school boys(N=36)and girls(N=38)solved a set of achievement-related puzzles,working in pairs which one success and one failur at the puzzles.After solving these puzzles,each subject attributed and rated self/other's achievement outcomes.The results showed that reward structure and valence of outcome are important determinants of self/other attributions and evaluations.The effects of reward structure on self/other competence attribution,self/other rating on luck attribution,valance of outcome on self/other reward were significant.These results showed that Chinese primary school children tend to attribute self/other achievement outcomes to ability and luck,and ignore the effects of effort and task difficulty.

Key words: reward structure, valence of outcome, achievement attribution

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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