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Sex Differences in Learned Helplessness: I. Differential Debilitation with Peer and Adult Evaluators

Bush, Ellen S.; Dweck, Carol S. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Peer and adult evaluators were used to examine sex differences in responses of 108 fifth graders to failure feedback. Performance in boys improved with feedback from adult agents but did not change with peer feedback. Performance in girls improved with peer feedback but showed little improvement with adult feedback. (GO)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adults, Elementary School Students, Feedback

Dweck, Carol S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1976
Examines ways in which social cues, in conjunction with a child's history, influence the child's interpretation of and reaction to failure feedback in evaluative settings. It is suggested that the way in which a child reacts to another's behavior is largely dependent upon subtle but powerful social cues within situation. (JH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Failure, Feedback