Four experimental groups performed a psychomotor task and received non-contingent feedback (success, failure, random and none) during intertrial intervals. Subjects rated attribution and expectancy questionnaires following feedback. Multiple regression analyses indicated that attributions to stable elements best predicted changes in expectancy, and produced a greater magnitude of change.
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