To examine the effectiveness of achievement motivation on motor skill learning, 15 high and 15 low need-achievers as selected by the Mehrabian scale performed rotary pursuit tracking. The high need-achievers showed significantly higher scores on the time on target and relatively higher scores on the goal discrepancy and heart rate in trials of the task than the low need-achievers. It was concluded that the high need-achievers showed greater learning of the motor skill than the low need-achievers.
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