Author: Kruglanski, A.W.; Alon, S.; Lewis, T.
Description: This experiment involved elementary school students in a series of team competitions. In one half of the winning teams (comprising the PRIZE condition), the members received attractive prizes as tokens of their victory, though no promise of prizes had been made initially. In the remaining half of the winning teams (the NO-PRIZE condition) no prizes were distributed. As expected, Ss in PRIZE (vs the NO-PRIZE) condition tended to misattribute causality for having participated in the games to the prizes and consequently reported less enjoyment of the games as such. Contrary to hypothesis, these tendencies did not amplify with time elapsing from the introduction of the prizes.
Subject headings: Elementary school; Team competitions; Misattribution; Task enjoyment
Publication year: 1972
Journal or book title: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Pages: 493-501
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 1512