Kathleen Senior
Biographic Data
| ID | 7124235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Senior |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Senior |
| SIGNATURE | SENIOR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Praise and Group Competition as Motivating Incentives for Children
The relative effectiveness of praise and group competition as motivating incentives affecting task persistence in young children was investigated.As predicted, competition was relatively more effective with 2nd graders than with kindergarten children, with boys than with girls, and with boring tasks than with more ego-involving tasks.However, competition was not significantly more effective than praise except on boring tasks.Competition may not b…
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Praise and Group Competition as Motivating Incentives for Children
The relative effectiveness of praise and group competition as motivating incentives affecting task persistence in young children was investigated.As predicted, competition was relatively more effective with 2nd graders than with kindergarten children, with boys than with girls, and with boring tasks than with more ego-involving tasks.However, competition was not significantly more effective than praise except on boring tasks.Competition may not b…
Competition (biology (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Group (periodic table (1 work) · Incentive (1 work) · Microeconomics (1 work) · Praise (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Psychology of Development and Education (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work)