The effects of self-efficacy judgments and goal orientation on social comparison choice.
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Title
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The effects of self-efficacy judgments and goal orientation on social comparison choice.
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Identifier
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AAI9000741
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identifier
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9000741
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Creator
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Watson-Bernard, Janice Karol.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Barry Zimmerman
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Date
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1989
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Educational Psychology
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Abstract
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The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of self-efficacy (as defined by Bandura) and goal orientation (as defined by Dweck) on the choice of a student's learning partner or social comparison choice. A second purpose was to determine the students' persistence on a task when paired by self-efficacy and goal orientation. It was hypothesized that students with high self-efficacy and a learning goal orientation would select higher ranking partners and would persist longer than students with low self-efficacy and a performance goal orientation. It was also hypothesized that in the learning goal orientation, students would choose high ranking partners and persist longer regardless of their self-efficacy.;In Phase 1, 88 fifth grade subjects were studied individually and a measure of their self-efficacy was taken on 10 anagrams. Goal orientation conditions were established for a paired anagram solving task to take place one week later by either cooperative (learning) and competitive (performance) instructions. The subjects then chose a partner for that task by the partner's rank on the anagram solving task on which the subjects had estimated their self-efficacy. In Phase 2 subjects were paired by cell and their persistence time on a 25 item anagram task measured.;The data were analysed using a 2 x 3 ANOVA for each dependent measure, with t tests for each hypothesis. Results indicated that students with high self-efficacy and a learning goal selected significantly higher ranking partners but did not display longer persistence times. Low self-efficacy subjects in the learning goal orientation chose equally high ranking partners as did high self-efficacy subjects and, contrary to prediction, persisted significantly longer on the paired anagram task. The results demonstrated the advantage of the learning goal orientation for all students, especially the ones with low self-efficacy.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
