The Effects of Mastery, Competitive and Cooperative Goals on Performance in Simple and Complex Sport Skills
Description:
The present study investigated the effects of different goal and feedback conditions on performance of a basketball field goal shooting task and a more complex one-on-one offensive basketball task. Subjects (N = 100) were matched, based on pre-test performance, into one of five conditions: competitive goal, cooperative goal, mastery goal, "do your best" with feedback, and "do your best" without feedback. Results indicated the competitive group was significantly better than the "do your best" wi…
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Date:
December 1986
Creator:
Giannini, John
Partner:
UNT Libraries