Abstract
Abstract In the present investigation, the effects of cognitive complexity and the nature of the outcome on internal attribution were compared for preadolescent schoolchildren and college adults in a non-Western society. Findings indicated greater internal attribution for positive outcomes than for negative ones in both age groups. Cognitive complexity interacted significantly with nature of outcome only among preadolescents. The nature of outcome finding was explained in terms of motivational and nonmotivational theories. The Complexity by Outcome interaction in preadolescents was interpreted within Streufert and Streufert's (1978) interactive complexity theory. It was further pointed out that the age difference in the interaction between the two variables was probably due to experiential rather than cognitive factors.
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