Success avoidant motivation and behavior : its developmental correlates and situational determinants. 1972.

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Success avoidant motivation and behavior : its developmental correlates and situational determinants. 1972.

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The purpose of this study was to develop an empirically derived scoring system of success avoidant motivation and to validate it by observing its behavioral correlates and situational determinants. The sample consisted of 105 women and 106 men who were students in an introductory psychology class at the University of New Hampshire in the fall of 1972. In an initial session, two large groups, separated by an hour, were administered five verbal cues, as well as the Lowell Scrambled Word Test, the Test of Perception of Traits in Others, and a basic questionnaire. One month after the first session, the second session was held with individuals randomly assigned to groups. The "aroused" group paired a male and female participant with comparable verbal skills judged by their performance on the Scrambled Word Test. The females in this condition were always "winners" in order to arouse success avoidant motives in the female participants. Performance tasks, the Hand Test, a second set of five verbal cues, the Anagram Task, and a General Information Questionnaire were given to all participants. In the "nonarousal" group, participants were not paired in order not to generate feelings of competition. They were given a booklet only labeled "Arithmetic Problems," with no performance feedback, as well as the other tests. A "cooperative" group, whose tests results were not analyzed, were given verbal instructions to induce a cooperative set, and then the same measures. All existing raw data and computer-accessible data are available.

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