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Download full textRippey, Robert M. – 1974
The effects of incentive conditions on the results of a confidence test were investigated. Two hundred thirty high school subjects were administered a very difficult confidence scored test under two conditions: 1) that the test would count heavily on their grades (incentive condition) and 2) that the test was for research purposes and would not be…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), High School Students, Motivation
