Date of Award
6-1968
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
R.W. Nicholson
Second Advisor
John M. Newton
Third Advisor
J.O. Johnston
Abstract
Recent studies, focusing on defensive qualities of approval-oriented individuals, have shown that persons high in need-for-approval are avoidant and defensive in self- and socially-evaluative situations. Most of these studies have investigated behavior in situations where social implications are fairly explicit. There is evidence, however, that some individuals respond to implicitly held cultural norms in an experimental situation.
Recommended Citation
Hicks, Barbara Jean, "Need-for-approval, locus of reinforcement, and peer presence effects in goal-setting" (1968). Student Work. 248.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/248