A RESEARCH ON ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVE AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE “THOUGHT SAMPLING” METHOD BY USING JAPANESE STUDENTS

TAMOTSU HAYASHI; KAORU HABU

doi:10.4992/psycholres1954.4.30

A RESEARCH ON ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVE

AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE “THOUGHT SAMPLING” METHOD BY USING JAPANESE STUDENTS

TAMOTSU HAYASHI, KAORU HABU

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1962 Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 30-42

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/psycholres1954.4.30

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Published: 1962 Received: December 05, 1961 Available on J-STAGE: February 24, 2009 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: ABSTRACT Details: Wrong : We intended to measure the need of achievement of Japanese subjects by the “thought sampling” technique named by McClelland et al. The main results are summarized as follows:
i) The “thought sampling” technique proved to be a fairly appropriate method to measure the achievement motivation.
ii) A statistically significant difference of achivement motivation was found be-tween the Relaxed and the Achievement-oriented situations. In other words, achievement motivation became higher as the degree of subjects'ego involvement in the tasks became greater.
iii) In the situation under which suc-cess or failure experience was given, achievement motivation became higher than in that situation where neither suc-cess nor failure was given; and especially in the case of success experience the highest n Achievement was obtained.

Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : ATKINSON, J. W. (Ed.) Motives infantasv, action, and society. New York: Nostrand, 1958.
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Right : ATKINSON, J. W.(Ed.) Motives in fantasy, action, and society. New York: Nostrand, 1958.
ATKINSON, J. W. et al. Explorations using imaginative thought to assess the strength of human motives. Nebraska symposium on motivations. University of Nebraska, 1954, 56-120.
HEBB, D. Q. The organization of behavior. New York: Willey, 1949.
HORIMI, T., & SUGIHARA, M. TAT. In IMURA, T. et al.(Ed.) Abnormal psychology, Vol.4. Tokyo: Misuzu-shobo, 1954.
HULL, C. L. Principles of behavior. New York: Appleton Century, 1943.
HURLEY, J. R. The Iowa Picture Interpretation Test: A multiple choice variation of the TAT. J. consult. Psychol., 1955, 19, 372-376.
HURLOCK, E. B. An evaluation of certain incentives used in school work. J. educ. Psychol., 1925, 16, 145-149.
MCCLELLAND, D. C. et al. Achivement motive. New York: Appleton-century, 1953.
MCCLELLAND, D. C. et al. The projective expression of needs: IV. The effect of the need for achievement on thematic apperception. J. exp. Psychol., 1949, 39, 242-225.
MILLER, N. E., & DOLLARD, J. Social learning and imitation. New Haven: Yale University.
MURRAY, H. A., et al. Explorations in personality. New York: Oxford University, 1938.
ROSENZWEIG, S. An experimental study of with special reference to need persistive and ego defensive reactions to frustration. J. exp. Psychol., 1943, 32, 64-74.
SHIKATA, J., & HAYASHI, T. Psychology of learning. Seki-shoin, 1955.
TOGAWA, Y., et al. TAT. In Psychodiagonosis. Vol.3. Nakayama-shobo, 1959.
VORFF, J., et al. The achievement motive in high school and college age women. J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 1953, 48, 108-119.
YAGI, B., et al. Psychology of learning. Kanekoshobo, 1952.

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Right : A RESEARCH ON ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVE

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