Is no praise good praise? Effects of positive feedback on children's and university students' responses to subsequent failures

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-339

  Skipper, Yvonne ^a   Douglas, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CURRICULUM; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84861010093     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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