The Contribution of Task Difficulty and Adult Reliability on Children's Academic Task Persistence

Poster Session X

Keyword: Trust

Abstract: This study examined how reward reliability and task difficulty influence children's academic task persistence. Children gave up on tasks sooner after exposure to deferred reward delivery, but persisted longer on difficult tasks than easy ones, after disappointment. Findings suggest complex influences on task persistence in children.

• Ella Wheelbarger (Author)
• Hannah Sliman (Presenting Author)