The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour.
This study explored the effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. Three hypotheses were tested. 1) Participants in competitive and self-competitive conditions would help less as compared to participants in a non-competitive condition. 2) Higher achievement oriented...
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| author | Lee, Augustine Tian Rong. |
| author2 | Wan Ching |
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| description | This study explored the effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping
behaviour. Three hypotheses were tested. 1) Participants in competitive and self-competitive
conditions would help less as compared to participants in a non-competitive condition. 2)
Higher achievement orientedness would lead to a decrease in helping behaviour. 3)
Achievement orientedness would affect participants’ helping behaviour but only in the
competitive condition and not in the self-competitive and non-competitive conditions. One
hundred and sixteen participants from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore were
randomly assigned to three different conditions (competitive, non-competitive and selfcompetitive)
to see if they would help a confederate in the middle of a game. Results of the
study supported the third hypothesis but not the first and second hypotheses. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/397452019-12-10T13:51:29Z The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. Lee, Augustine Tian Rong. Wan Ching School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation This study explored the effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. Three hypotheses were tested. 1) Participants in competitive and self-competitive conditions would help less as compared to participants in a non-competitive condition. 2) Higher achievement orientedness would lead to a decrease in helping behaviour. 3) Achievement orientedness would affect participants’ helping behaviour but only in the competitive condition and not in the self-competitive and non-competitive conditions. One hundred and sixteen participants from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore were randomly assigned to three different conditions (competitive, non-competitive and selfcompetitive) to see if they would help a confederate in the middle of a game. Results of the study supported the third hypothesis but not the first and second hypotheses. Bachelor of Arts 2010-06-03T08:54:27Z 2010-06-03T08:54:27Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39745 en Nanyang Technological University 38 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation Lee, Augustine Tian Rong. The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title | The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title_full | The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title_fullStr | The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title_short | The effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour. |
| title_sort | effects of competition and achievement orientedness on helping behaviour |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation |
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