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The relationship of locus of control and skill and chance sets to session and postsession indices of persistence was assessed. Three indices of persistence were used: (a) time spent in an attempt to solve puzzles, (2) number of attempts to solve the puzzles, (3) willingness to return later for a similar experiment. The first two are experimental session indices, the latter, a postsession index. Neither of the session indices was related to locus of control or set. Willingness to return was strongly related to a skill set among internal subjects and to a chance set among external subjects. These differences are interpreted in terms of situational demand characteristics and extrinsic motivation.
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Littig, L.W., Sanders, J.A. Locus of control and persistence: Effects of skill and chance sets on session and postsession indices. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 13, 387–389 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336903
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