Achievement

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Improving accuracy in simulated pharmacy assembly tasks using workspace interventions to enhance the cognitive environment.

In this study, the error-reducing effectiveness of two work-environment interventions was examined in a simulated pharmacy task. 110 participants worked for 3 to 4 hours filling approximately 110 orders for simulated drugs in a laboratory-based, ...
Kraig L Schell, Sean Reilley, Anthony F Grasha, Diane Tranum (Percept Mot Skills, 200306)
improving-accuracy-simulated-pharmacy-assembly-tasks-workspace.asp

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Student use and perceptions of different learning aids in a problem-based learning (PBL) dentistry course.

First-year dental students in a new problem-based learning (PBL) course, the Bachelor of Dentistry (BDent) Program at the University of Sydney, Australia, completed the Study Process Questionnaire and two other questionnaires in this study. The study ...
Tania M Gerzina, Rebecca Worthington, Scott Byrne, Catherine McMahon (J Dent Educ, 200306)
student-perceptions-different-learning-aids-problem-based-learning.asp

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Causal uncertainty, claimed and behavioural self-handicapping.

BACKGROUND: Causal uncertainty beliefs involve doubts about the causes of events, and arise as a consequence of non-contingent evaluative feedback: feedback that leaves the individual uncertain about the causes of his or her achievement outcomes. ...
Ted Thompson, Jonathan Hepburn (Br J Educ Psychol, 200306)
causal-uncertainty-claimed-behavioural-self-handicapping.asp

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Smoking among American adolescents: a risk and protective factor analysis.

Cigarette smoking remains a substantial threat to the current and future health of Americas youth. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk and protective factors for cigarette smoking among US adolescents. Data from the National Longitudinal ...
Peter Scal, Marjorie Ireland, Iris Wagman Borowsky (J Community Health, 200304)
smoking-american-adolescents-risk-protective-factor-analysis.asp

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General Certificate of Secondary Education performance in very low birthweight infants.

Aim: To compare children of very low birth weight with matched controls for their performance in the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). METHODS: GCSE examination results of 167 children of birth weight < or =1500 g attending mainstream ...
P O D Pharoah, C J Stevenson, C R West (Arch Dis Child, 200304)
general-certificate-secondary-education-performance-low-birthweight.asp

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The roles of praise and social comparison information in the experience of pride.

The authors examined the roles of social comparisons, publicity of success, and praise on the experience of pride in an experiment in which college students successfully completed a timed intelligence task in private and later received 1 of 4 types of ...
J Matthew Webster, Jamieson Duvall, Leslie M Gaines, Richard H Smith (J Soc Psychol, 200304)
roles-praise-social-comparison-information-experience-pride.asp

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Automatic for the people: how representations of significant others implicitly affect goal pursuit.

Five studies are presented that explore how representations of significant others may automatically affect goal pursuit. Specifically, evidence is presented that suggests goals may be primed by ones representation of a significant other and that this ...
James Shah (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200304)
automatic-people-representations-significant-others-implicitly-affect.asp

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Faking and selection: considering the use of personality from select-in and select-out perspectives.

The effects of faking on criterion-related validity and the quality of selection decisions are examined in the present study by combining the control of an experiment with the realism of an applicant setting. Participants completed an achievement ...
Rose Mueller-Hanson, Eric D Heggestad, George C Thornton (J Appl Psychol, 200304)
faking-selection-considering-personality-select-select-out.asp

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Personality and the goal-striving process: the influence of achievement goal patterns, goal level, and mental focus on performance and enjoyment.

The purpose of this study is to examine the mechanisms by which personality traits influence performance and satisfaction. Specifically, the authors examined how 3 personality characteristics derived from self-determination theory (autonomy, control, and ...
Felissa K Lee, Kennon M Sheldon, Daniel B Turban (J Appl Psychol, 200304)
personality-goal-striving-process-influence-achievement-goal-patterns.asp

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Perceptions of the importance of training, experience, and athletic talent for achievement in sports.

Ratings by 97 NCAA Division I athletes showed belief that successful athletes benefit more from training and experience and athletic talent than less successful ...
Randy Hyllegard, Laurie McElroy, Wendi Krejca (Percept Mot Skills, 200304)
perceptions-importance-training-experience-athletic-talent.asp