Goals: an approach to motivation and achievement.

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Summary

A framework in which goals are proposed to be central determinants of achievement patterns was tested, showing the way in which the performance goal-low perceived ability condition produced the same pattern of strategy deterioration, failure attribution, and negative affect found in naturally occurring learned helplessness.

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Published
1988-01-01
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Learned helplessness, Psychology, Attribution, Need for achievement, Social psychology

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