Competence and the Overjustification Effect: A Developmental Study.

Boggiano, Ann K.; Ruble, Diane N.

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Competence and the Overjustification Effect: A Developmental Study.

Boggiano, Ann K.; Ruble, Diane N.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, v37 n9 p1462-68 Sep 1979

Examines the conditions under which information regarding competence would mitigate the negative side of rewards on the intrinsic interest of preschool and elementary school children (N=147). (MP)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Competence, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Responses, Rewards

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Language: English

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