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ERIC Number: EJ201087
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Nov
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The Effects of Lowering Self-Concept on Associative Learning.
Sharp, G. Lawrence; Muller, Douglas
Journal of Psychology, v100 p233-41 Nov 1978
When 64 college students were randomly assigned to one of four self-concept treatment conditions and given a paired-associate learning task, the mean task performances for the raised self-concept, therapeutically lowered self-concept, and control groups were equal to one another but superior to the performance of the counter-therapeutically lowered self-concept group. (RL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associative Learning, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Influence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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