The uncertainty-reducing properties of achievement tasks revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206493 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard M Sorrentino (Western University, corresponding author), Erin C Hewitt |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 884-899 |
| Publication date | 1984-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.47.4.884 |
| OpenAlex | W4241307363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 20 |
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning · Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Uncertainty and Social Interaction
The Effects of Accessibility of Information in Memory on Judgments of Behavioral Frequencies
Risk-taking in games of chance and skill
Uncertainty orientation and persuasion
The Why's the Limit
Recalled Parent‐Child Relations and Adult Personality
Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals
Self-Evaluation Processes
The Effect of Adolescents’ Critical Thinking Dispositions and Perceptions of External Locus of Control on Their Attitudes Towards School
Motivation to learn about current events
The Mind and the Future
Self-Evaluation
Personal need for structure
Uncertainty orientation
Self-evaluation of abilities
Uncertainty orientation and trust in close relationships
Uncertainty orientation and protection motivation theory
Self-handicapping, excuse making, and counterfactual thinking
Reducing self-discrepancies or maintaining self-congruence? Uncertainty orientation, self-regulation, and performance
Assessment, enhancement, and verification determinants of the self-evaluation process
Optimal distinctiveness, values, and uncertainty orientation
Information Avoidance
Cross Cultural Validation of the Tat
Uncertainty Orientation and Affective Experiences
A Theory of Uncertainty Orientation
Expectations About Initial Interaction An Examination of the Effects of Global Uncertainty
Social comparison processes
Statistical principles in experimental design.
The Open and Closed Mind
Intolerance of ambiguity as a personality variable1
Determinants of information-seeking behavior
The Open and Closed Mind
Performance as a function of achievement motive level and perceived difficulty
Difficulty and diagnosticity as determinants of choice among tasks
Effects of difficulty and diagnosticity on choice among tasks in relation to achievement motivation and perceived ability
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
The case of the mysterious moderates
Effects of achievement motivation and future orientation on level of performance
Self-schemata and processing information about the self
Uncertainty orientation
Seeking information about one's ability as a determinant of choice among tasks
Uncertainty-reducing properties of achievement tasks
Motives and development
A study of anxiety and learning
Relationships between achievement-related motives and intelligence, performance level, and persistence
The F scale as a measure of breadth of perspective
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2026 (43) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |