Achieving a good impression: Reputation management and performance goals
Achieving a good impression: Reputation management and performance goals
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DOI：
10.1002/wcs.1552
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发表时间：
2021-01-10
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Shaw, Alex
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作者：
Good, Kayla;Shaw, Alex
学生是否想要提高自己的能力(即有学习目标)或是否想要证明能力(即有成绩目标)对他们的学习和动机起着重要的作用；专注于后者的学生倾向于避免接受挑战，并在需要帮助时寻求帮助。在成就文献中，这些不同的目标被认为主要是因为对一个人的能力是可塑的还是固定的持有不同的心态。然而，我们认为，这种传统的框架在很大程度上忽视了声誉问题在影响学生追求哪些成就目标方面所起的强大作用。具体地说，对声誉的担忧可能会驱使学生追求成绩目标，并向他人“证明”自己的能力，而不管他们的心态如何。我们认为，仔细调查这些问题可能有助于发现培养和维持绩效目标的新机制，以及制定旨在鼓励学习目标的干预措施的新战略。最后，我们提出了如何在未来的研究中有效地将成就和声誉管理的文献相互影响的建议。本文的分类是：心理学与决策心理学；情绪与动机心理学与发展与老龄化
Whether a student wants to improve their ability (i.e., has learning goals) or demonstrate it (i.e., has performance goals) plays an important role in their learning and motivation; students focused on the latter tend to avoid taking on challenges and seeking help when they need it. In the achievement literature, these different goals are thought to result primarily from holding different mindsets about whether one's ability is malleable or fixed. We argue, however, that this traditional framework has largely overlooked the powerful role that reputational concerns play in influencing which achievement goals students pursue. Specifically, reputational concerns may drive students to pursue performance goals and "prove" their ability to others, irrespective of their mindsets. We argue that closely investigating these concerns may help uncover new mechanisms by which performance goals are fostered and maintained as well as new strategies for developing interventions aimed at encouraging learning goals. Finally, we offer suggestions for how the achievement and reputation management literatures can be productively brought to bear on one another in future research.This article is categorized under:Psychology > Reasoning and Decision MakingPsychology > Emotion and MotivationPsychology > Development and Aging