FANTASY NEED ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE - A ROLE ANALYSIS

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KLINGER, E
MCNELLY, FW
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fantasy n Ach; social status & self-perception & achievement situation role behavior;
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10.1037/h0028288
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Social status affects fantasy n Ach and performance, and may underlie their joint relationship, shaped and maintained by social control mechanisms, role conflict, and resultant anxiety. Ss high in n Ach perceive themselves as normally and appropriately overcoming challenging odds in achievement situations, and Ss low in n Ach undertaking unchallenging work. Each prefers and strives hardest in task situations consonant with his self-perceptions, and actively avoids role-inappropriate situations and behavior. Evidence supports the generalization that fantasy content reflects most prominently Ss' characteristic, contemporaneous nonfantasy activities, concerns, and social milieu. The role analysis provides a new theoretical framework at its own level of analysis, and suggests modifications of the motivational theory of achievement behavior. (87 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.
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