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- 85
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- 3
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- 239-248
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- 62
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Julius Kühl
(1978).
Standard setting and risk preference: An elaboration of the theory of achievement motivation and an empirical test..
Psychological Review
, 85
(3)
, 239-248.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.85.3.239
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- 10.1037/0033-295x.85.3.239