Effects of Effort - VS. Trait-based Success Expectation on Children’s Task Performance (능력과 노력에 기반 한 성공기대가 아동의 수행능력에 미치는 영향)

Park, Jiniee (박진이); Daeun Park (박다은)

Effects of Effort - VS. Trait-based Success Expectation on Children’s Task Performance

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2016, 29(4), pp.23~35
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Park, Jiniee ¹, Daeun Park ²

¹덕성여자대학교
²충북대학교

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ABSTRACT

Upon experiencing failure, others’ expectation for success can backfire and hurt an individual’s performance when stated explicitly. The current study examined the effects of different types of success expectations (trait- vs. effort-based) that influence children’s performance. Across two experiments, 131 five- and six-year-old children completed a novel and challenging drawing task. After experiencing failure, children in the trait-based expectation condition performed worse than did those in the effort-based and no feedback conditions. These findings suggest that the effects of success expectations vary largely depending on the attribution of the expectations. Theoretically, the current study expands research on theory of intelligence by demonstrating that detrimental effects of trait feedback apply to the domain of success expectations. Practically, the current investigation provides an effective way to encourage children after experiencing failure.

KEYWORDS

Success Expectations, Theory of intelligence, Efforts versus Trait, Feedback

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