| Abstract: | Tested the prediction that feedback and goals would be interactively related to performance. This prediction complements the findings of Locke that knowledge alone is not a sufficient condition for effective performance. It was also hypothesized that feedback would facilitate the display of individual differences in goal setting and hence the goal setting–performance relationship. 38 undergraduates in a feedback group and 48 in a no-feedback group were evaluated on a number comparison task. Results support the hypotheses by indicating that (a) the individual differences in self-set goals were significantly higher in the feedback group than in the no-feedback group, and that (b) the relationship between goals and performance was significantly higher in the feedback condition than in the no-feedback condition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
