A Comparison of Performance and Levels of Aspiration of High and Low Anxious Males and Females
Description:
The present study was concerned with the relationship between level of aspiration and anxiety. Level of aspiration is a term used for goal setting behavior. In other words, if a person sets his goals high it is said that he has a high level of aspiration. Anxiety, for the purpose of the present study is assumed to possess drive properties. Theoretically, at least, a highly anxious person has a high drive level. This assumption may be warranted in terms of physiological unrest--causing an effort…
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Date:
August 1964
Creator:
Cotten, Larry L.