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  • Educational Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Goal orientation, encompassing mastery and performance, significantly influences learning behaviors and outcomes.
  • Existing methods for assessing goal orientation may lack objectivity or behavioral specificity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an objective behavioral test for assessing goal orientation (mastery vs. performance).
  • To examine the reliability and validity of the developed Mastery Performance-Goal Orientation Test.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Mastery Performance-Goal Orientation Test, a task assessing goal orientation on a single dimension.
  • Two studies were conducted: Study 1 (N=293 adults) for reliability and score distribution, Study 2 (N=41 undergraduates) for validity and predictive potential.

Main Results:

  • The test demonstrated wide score variability and high internal consistency in Study 1.
  • Mastery-oriented individuals showed better category learning, while performance-oriented individuals achieved higher scores but with less discriminative responses.
  • In Study 2, mastery-oriented participants outperformed performance-oriented participants on a learning task, and the test predicted subsequent learning.

Conclusions:

  • The Mastery Performance-Goal Orientation Test is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing goal orientation.
  • The test effectively differentiates between mastery and performance orientations and shows potential for predicting learning outcomes.