Practice, Performance, and Level of Aspiration

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ID13670853
AutoresRichard C Teevan (State University of New York, Albany, autor correspondente), B Smith (0000-0003-1384-116X, University of Maryland, College Park), Barry D Smith (0000-0003-2775-2061, University of Maryland, College Park), Norman Greenfeld (State University of New York, Albany), David Loomis (Lycoming College), David J Loomis (Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania), John G Hancock (Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Ano1981
Volume48
Fascículo3
Páginas971-977
Data de publicação1981-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1981.48.3.971
OpenAlexW2033518776
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas1

Teevan and Smith (1975) demonstrated that statements of level of aspiration set by subjects fearing failure were better understood as representing a range of aspirations. The region between the lower and upper boundaries was termed a confirming interval. The present study hypothesized that this interval narrowed with experience, that subjects were affectively indifferent to scores located within the interval, and that subjects scoring within the interval set more realistic levels of aspiration. 45 male high-school students were asked to comment on their expected performance on an electronically operated rifle range. After their performance, the students completed an affect scale designed to describe their feelings in respect of their performance. All hypotheses were confirmed

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