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Download full textDickens, Wenda J. – 1984
Perry and Dickens (1984) found that noncontingent-trained students perceived they had less control and manifested a helpless attribution profile compared to contingent-trained students in a simulated college classroom. To examine the effects of varying amounts of noncontingent success on students' perceived control and attributions, 90 students at…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Feedback, Foreign Countries
