| Autor: |
Atkinson, John W., Bastian, Jarvis R., Earl, Robert W., Litwin, George H. |
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Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology; Jan1960, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p27-36, 8p, 3 Charts |
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The article presents a study on the effect of individual differences in strength of achievement motive on risk taking behavior. It is assumed that in competitive achievement situations, two different motives are aroused by cues that elicit expectancies of success and the failure, the achievement motive and the motive to avoid failure. It stresses that the person who is high in achievement may have a stronger expectancy of success than is warranted by the objective conditions and the person in whom the motive to avoid failure is very strong may consistently underestimate his chance of succeeding. |
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