title: Effect of achievement motivation and social environment on performance of a motor task.
abstract: The effect of achievement motivation and social environment on a motor task was investigated. 50 achieve-success Ss and 50 avoid-failure Ss (selected by the French Test of Insight and the Test Anxiety Questionnaire) practiced a modified shuffleboard task from which empirical probabilities of success for task performance were found for each S. In the performance phase Ss were randomly placed into one of 5 treatments - neutral, presence of others, interpersonal competition, interpersonal cooperation, interpersonal competition and intergroup competition. Ss were made aware of the scoring system and given 20 free-choice trials. Achieve-success Ss performed significantly better than avoid-failure Ss in the practice phase. No differences were found for achievement motivation in the performance phase. Social environment did not affect performance or interact with achievement level of Ss.
authors: a Department of Physical Education , Kent State University.
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