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The Effect of Behavior Evaluation on Mastery Motivation in 3-Year-Old Children

LIU Shuang, ZHANG Xiang-kui   

  1. Department of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024
  • Online:2010-03-15 Published:2010-03-15

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Abstract: To examine the general characteristics of mastery motivation and the effect of behavioreva luation on it, 71 children were tested in situational expermients.The results are as follows:for 3-year-old ch ildren:(1)mastery motivation for newfangled toy was strong;(2)various visual and auditory feedback could motivate their more exploration and manipulation;(3)they showed more pleasure when evalluated positivelly on their exploration;(4)the emotional experience from success and failure was significantly differen;t(5)positive evaluation could increase their interest when succeed ing,and decrease their negative emotion when failing;(6)most of the children(94142%)wanted to try challenge and persist long tmie for completion,while individual differences existed.

Key words: mastery motivation, behavior evaluation, young children

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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