Sex Differences in Learned Helplessness: IV. An Experimental and Naturalistic Study of Failure Generalization and Its Mediators.

And Others; Dweck, Carol S.

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Publication Date: 1980-Mar

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Sex Differences in Learned Helplessness: IV. An Experimental and Naturalistic Study of Failure Generalization and Its Mediators.

And Others; Dweck, Carol S.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, v38 n3 p441-52 Mar 1980

Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of sex differences in learned helplessness in the generalization of failure experience. Subjects in experiment 1 were fifth graders and subjects in experiment 2 were fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. (MP)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Failure, Generalization, Helplessness, Sex Differences, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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