Sex differences in achievement: A test of alternate theories.
Sex differences in achievement: A test of alternate theories.
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成就上的性别差异:替代理论的检验。
DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.46.1.26
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
J. Meece
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作者:
J. Parsons;Terry F. Adler;J. Meece
200 students in Grades 8–10 were given the following attitudinal measures regarding both math and English: self-concept of ability, subjective task value, perceived task difficulty, and continuing motivation. In a follow-up, Ss" math course enrollment decisions were assessed each year through high school. 142 of the Ss also were exposed to 2 sets of trials: a number sequence set and an anagram set. Outcome was manipulated across trials (success, failure, success). For each series, Ss provided estimates of their ability, their expectations for continued success, and causal attributions. Their response time, persistence, and accuracy were recorded. Finally, teacher estimates of learned helplessness were obtained in Year 1 of the study for all Ss. Subjective task value emerged as the strongest mediator of sex differences in achievement-related behaviors and plans. There was little support for learned-helplessness models of sex differences in achievement. There was some evidence of sex differences in ability attributions, but these differences occurred only among low-expectancy Ss. Verbal and behavioral indexes of achievement beliefs were often inconsistent. Implications for general attribution theory and for sex-difference theory are discussed.(40 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)