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- 1
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- 5
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- 399-406
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Robert W. Moulton
(1965).
Effects of success and failure on level of aspiration as related to achievement motives..
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 1
(5)
, 399-406.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0021749
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- 10.1037/h0021749