1. Preblem and Hypotheses
This investigation is concerned with various aspects of self concept and differences in the strength of achievement motive. Defined in general terms as "competition with a standard of excellence", the concept of achievement ...
1. Preblem and Hypotheses
This investigation is concerned with various aspects of self concept and differences in the strength of achievement motive. Defined in general terms as "competition with a standard of excellence", the concept of achievement motivation has been developed through the exploretory study and theoretical formulations of Mcclelland, D.C. and Atkinson, J.W. and his coleagues
Their researches had produced an instrument for measuring the achievement motive which is based on Thematic Apperception Test. And the presence or absence of experimental cues in the achievement oriented condition and relaxed condition respectively seems to make a difference in p. Achievement motive scores. Generally speaking, achievement motivation is experimentally increased and the imaginative stories that subjects write, become increasingly more concerned with achievement.
The result of the previous studies by Weinberger, B. or Motirc, J.G. suggested that people with strong generalized achievement motivation would show a high discrepaney between ideal Self and Actual self ratings
Rony writer have mentioned both the integrative and conflictive aspects of the self. Definitions are varied and are often based on general observation rather than on emprical evidence. Although there are differences in the way the self is defined, there is agreement that conflict among selves, conscious or unconscious, may exist. The main point is the degree to which different perceptions of self may be or need to be integrated in order for an individual to achieve a particular level of adjustment or maturity.
This investigation attempted to test the following hypotheses.
A. The HH subgroup will have greater conflicts of self than each of the other three subgroups. To test this hypothesis, two sub-hypotheses are structured in testable forms
(1) The HH subgroup will have a higher discrepancy scores between the Ideal Self ratings and Actual Self ratings than each of the other three groups. (2) The HH subgroup will have lower correlation between the Ideal and Actual Self ratings than the others.
B. The correlation between the achievement motive scores and Ideal Self ratings will be higher than that between n. Ach. Scores and Actual Self ratings in all subjects.
C. The correlation between n. Achievement Motive scores and evaluation factor scores of self rating dimension in the HH subgroup will be higher than that between n. Achievement Motive scores and potency or activity factor scores.
2. Experimental design, Instrument and Sampling.
The plan of this study was to classify the subjects in two separate periods under relaxed and achievement oriented experimental conditions and to obtain measures of n. Achievement Motive and Self Concept on each experimental conditions. The achievement motive was measured by Thematic Apperception Test.
The measures of self concept were adapted from Weinberger's Self Concept rating scale. Weinberger's Self Concept rating scale consisted of 26 traits put in this study 6 traits are excluded, because the expression translated into Korean had ambiguous implication. Ideal self Concept and Actual Self Concept were measured in this self concept rating. The three aspects of the self concept that are activity, evaluation and potency were measured by applying semantic Differential Technique.
The 71 subjects were high school boys and 26 were cadets of the Air Force military Academy in Korea.
The subgroups classified by strength of n. Achievement Motive were 33 subjects in HH, 18 in HL, 17 in LH and 29 in LL subgroup.
3. Results
These are the results of this study.
(1) The discrepancy between the Ideal Self rating and Actual Self rating in HH subgroup were significantly higher than that of the other three groups.
(2) The correlation of the Ideal Self rating and Actual self rating in HH subgroup were significantly lower than that of the others. These two results clarify Weinberger's tentative finding that achievement motivation affects the self esteem of people with unstable self concept.
(3) The correlation between the achievement motive scores and Ideal Self ratings were significantly higher than that of the n. Achievement Motive scores and Actual Self ratings in all subgroups.
(4) The correlations between achievement score and evaluation factor scores in self rating dimension by Sematic Differential Technique were significantly higher than that between the n. Achievement Motive and potency or activity factor scores.