Reinforcement Schedules, Attribution of Causality and Expectations of Success.
Abstract
Much recent research on attribution of causality for success has reported that subjects, in general, attribute success to internal, rather than external sources. In addition, evidence has been found that expectation of success, or confidence, is associated with internal attributions for success. An experiment was designed to answer three basic questions: Can similar results for attribution and expectation of success be obtained in a more complex task than those most often used previously, under differing reinforcement schedules, and over task participation of long duration. Success input, in any of several different patterns, produces higher and increasing attributions of causality to internal than to external sources; success input, in any of several different patterns, produces increasing expectations of future success. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0780242
Entities
People
- Glenda Y. Nogami
- Susan C. Streufert
Organizations
- Purdue University