INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND PERSONAL THEORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT STRIVING

Authors
Citation
B. Weiner, INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND PERSONAL THEORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT STRIVING, Review of educational research, 64(4), 1994, pp. 557-573
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
ISSN journal
00346543
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
557 - 573
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6543(1994)64:4<557:ISAPTO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Empirical research clearly documents that attributions of failure to l ack of ability result in less punishment from others than do ascriptio ns to lack of effort. In addition, personal attributions of failure to lack of ability result in worse subsequent performance than do ascrip tions to an absence of effort. This paper provides a conceptual analys is of these empirical findings. The interpretation is guided by a taxo nomy of causal thinking and by presuming that emotions mediate between causal thinking and action. In addition, a distinction is drawn betwe en a process versus a functional understanding of achievement striving s.