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Peer reviewedWeiner, Bernard – Psychological Review, 1985
This article advances an attributional theory of motivation and emotion, with achievement strivings as the theoretical focus. Causes of success and failure share three common properties: locus, stability, and controllability. Stability of causes influences changes in expectancy of success. Expectancy and affect guide motivated behavior.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education
