Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1974
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mental Health Counseling
Committee Chair
Donald Roy Shupe
Second Committee Member
Warren Street
Third Committee Member
Max Zwanziger
Abstract
High and low achievement incentive conditions on the risk taking behavior of subjects identified on the Rotter Internal-External Control Scale as having orientations of internal or external control were examined.
The study involved tossing balls at a target in which subjects chose throwing distances. Successes from greater distances were worth more points. A five dollar incentive was offered to half the subjects.
Males took higher risks than females but no other significant differences were found.
Recommended Citation
Carr, Frederick Gordon, "Locus of Control and Achievement Incentive in a Risk Taking Situation" (1974). All Master's Theses. 2214.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2214
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