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Peer reviewedWish, Peter A.; Hasazi, Joseph E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1973
When the fear of failure was greater than the need for achievement, subjects chose majors with either a low or high probability of success. When need for achievement was the greater of the motives, subjects chose majors with a low or high probability of success when the self was used as the standard of judgment but chose majors with an…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Need, College Students, Curriculum
