The concept of general expectancy in various personality dispositions

It is argued that the concept of general expectancy is a central common cor e of personality dispositions related to achievement areas. This hypothesis of common core was investigated with factor analysis and cluster analysis. 166 advanced teacher students participated, and were scored on the followi ng relevant personality dispositions: motive to seek success, motive to avo id failure, global and academic self-esteem, self-efficacy, attributional s tyle, depression, and defensiveness. The hypothesis was supported in that f actor analysis gave a general bipolar expectancy factor, and cluster analys is resulted in two clusters, one corresponding to positive expectancy and t he other to negative expectancy.