FEAR OF FAILURE AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR,

Abstract

Sixty male sophomore high school students were given both a risk-taking task which was scored according to Atkinson's (1957) model and the TAT which was scored for hostile press according to Birney, Burdick, and Teevan (1960) in an attempt to identify 'fear of failure' persons. A chi square test of significance yielded a value of 4.27, df = 1, which is significant beyond the 5% level of confidence. The Ss making irrational choices on the risk task were high hostile press. Atkinson (1960) hypothesized that 'fear of failure' persons would not go to college, while the present study found that 15 of the 19 Ss who were enrolled in the college preparatory course of study were 'fear of failure'. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0430302

Entities

People

  • John Hancock
  • Richard C. Teevan

Organizations

  • Bucknell University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Chi Square Test
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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