A behavioural analysis of 'choking' in self-paced skills

This thesis is about 'choking' in self-paced skills. Choking refers to 'the occurrence of inferior performance despite striving and incentives for superior performance' (Baumeister and Steinhilber, 1986, p. 361). Self-paced skills are skills in which performance is initiated by t...

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Main Author: Jackson, Robin C.
Other Authors: Cullen, Chris : Willson, Rob
Published: University of St Andrews 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.564487