Williams, L.A., DeSteno, D. (2008). Pride and Perseverance: the motivational role of pride. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94(6), 1007-1017.
A.) The trait definition is an individual working to achieve different goals despite short term costs. B.) The purpose of this experiment was to find a new mechanism that may influence ones level of perseverance which in this case is the emotion of pride. They believe pride may help mediate perseverance since emotions are meant to guide goal-directed behavior. The participants included 87 undergraduate students who took a part in an experiment where they thought they were being assessed on two tests testing cognitive abilities. After completing the tests the participants received different types of feedback in which one of them was …show more content…
E.) The trait can be observed through ones self-efficacy, pride, and self-esteem. F.) If an individual is high in the trait then they are likely to be prideful and confident within themselves which is a healthy trait to have. G.) They assessed the study through cognitive ability tests. H.) I found the study to be agreeable and well supported, however, I noticed it did not show where the undergraduate students came from. The sample size was rather small.
Wyer, R.S (1968). Effects of Task Reinforcement, Social Reinforcement, and Task Difficulty on Perseverance in Achievement-Related Activity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8(3), 269-276. A.) Perseverance, in this study, is indirectly defined as an individual’s willingness to stick with something-whether an individual would persevere on a task or give up on it and not succeed. B.)The goal of this experiment was to determine the causes of perseverance in activities that were based on achievement. The sample consisted of 70 preschool students, fairly equal between male and female, who were asked to
A.) The trait definition is an individual working to achieve different goals despite short term costs. B.) The purpose of this experiment was to find a new mechanism that may influence ones level of perseverance which in this case is the emotion of pride. They believe pride may help mediate perseverance since emotions are meant to guide goal-directed behavior. The participants included 87 undergraduate students who took a part in an experiment where they thought they were being assessed on two tests testing cognitive abilities. After completing the tests the participants received different types of feedback in which one of them was …show more content…
E.) The trait can be observed through ones self-efficacy, pride, and self-esteem. F.) If an individual is high in the trait then they are likely to be prideful and confident within themselves which is a healthy trait to have. G.) They assessed the study through cognitive ability tests. H.) I found the study to be agreeable and well supported, however, I noticed it did not show where the undergraduate students came from. The sample size was rather small.
Wyer, R.S (1968). Effects of Task Reinforcement, Social Reinforcement, and Task Difficulty on Perseverance in Achievement-Related Activity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8(3), 269-276. A.) Perseverance, in this study, is indirectly defined as an individual’s willingness to stick with something-whether an individual would persevere on a task or give up on it and not succeed. B.)The goal of this experiment was to determine the causes of perseverance in activities that were based on achievement. The sample consisted of 70 preschool students, fairly equal between male and female, who were asked to