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Sparta, Steven N. – 1979
Some children exhibit a pattern of debilitating behavior characterized as helplessness. Within an achievement context, such children can be observed to initiate few constructive activities, to work with little intensity on those activities already attempted, and to persist at a task only moderately--especially following failure. A stratified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
