Children's perceptions of ability, effort, and gender as determinants of success and failure in social relationships and academic situations
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Ronald Keith Lean (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Garrett Lange
Abstract: The present study was designed to examine the extent to which children of different ages perceive inherent ability, effort expended on the task, and gender as causal factors influencing success and failure in social relationships and academic task performance. Two hypotheses were considered; (1) As evidence of their ability to systematically differentiate ability and effort, older children (i.e., eighth graders) are more likely than younger children to systematically select ability as the most salient causal factor influencing success and failure in social re1ationships and academic situations; (2) Kindergartners are more likely than older children to select gender as an important causal factor influencing social relationships and academic task performance. Seventy-two children (12 boys and 12 girls from grades K, 3, and 8) were chosen as subjects. They were presented with 32 pairs of pictures depicting school children of similar age and with narrative information in reference to the depicted children's levels of ability and effort. Of the 32 pairs, 16 picture pairs required subjects to select which depicted child was more likely to be successful in social relationships (i.e., friendship making), while the remaining 16 picture pairs required subjects to decide which depicted child was more likely to be successful in an academic achievement situation (i.e., school work). Also, subjects were asked interview questions in reference to causal factors that influence social and academic task performance.
Children's perceptions of ability, effort, and gender as determinants of success and failure in social relationships and academic situations
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1984
- Subjects
- Ability in children
- Children $x Attitudes
- Children $x Social conditions