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The Effects of the Fear of Success and Rejection Sensitivity on Learning English

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 28 - 41, 28.06.2019
https://doi.org/10.31805/acjes.559744

Abstract

There have been different studies that have been conducted over the psychological hindrances that can impede the students’ learning skills. These studies/researches helped shed light on the possible psychological factors that might block the students’ learning process. As it is, most studies have developed their focal points on the anxiety-based psychological barriers before the students’ learning potentiality in this context. However, fewer studies have been carried out on delving into deeper sides of the issue that lead to the students’ learning failures. Two factors have come into prominence here: fear of success and rejection sensitivity. Horner, a pioneer researcher, highlights the fear of success as a tendency of a person to feel anxious about the possible disadvantages of achievement. Moreover, Downey, Feldman, and Ayduk (2000) argue rejection sensitivity as an impending factor that makes a person “anxiously expect, readily perceive and intensely react to rejection”. Taking both factors into account, this study will be twofold. Firstly, it aims to show how both factors manifest themselves in an ESL classroom environment. Moreover, it attempts to figure out what sort of variables can reduce/increase the impact rate of both aforementioned psychological factors on the students’ learning failures in an ESL classroom. Within this interdisciplinary context, this study will humbly aspire to pave the way for more research to be done by bearing the issue to an ELT discourse.

References

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  • Atkinson, J. W., & Feather, N. T. (Eds.). (1966). A theory of achievement motivation (Vol. 66). New York: Wiley.
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  • Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, Inc.
  • Bowlby, J. (1969). Bowlby’s attachment theory.
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  • Discourse Analysis (2010, December 11). Retrieved from https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/hum/menetelmapolkuja/en/methodmap/data-analysis/discourse-analysis
  • Downey, G., & Feldman, S. I. (1996). Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. Journal of personality and social psychology, 70(6), 1327.
  • Downey, G., Feldman, S., & Ayduk, O. (2000). Rejection sensitivity and male violence in romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 7(1), 45-61.
  • Downey, G., Lebolt, A., & Rincon, C. (1995). Rejection sensitivity: A consequence of rejection and a cause of interpersonal difficulties in adolescence. Unpublished manuscript, Columbia University.
  • Feldman, S., & Downey, G. (1994). Rejection sensitivity as a mediator of the impact of childhood exposure to family violence on adult attachment behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 6(1), 231-247.
  • Gee, J. P. (2010). How to do discourse analysis: A toolkit. Routledge, p. iX
  • Hawkins, R. P., & Pingree, S. (1978). A developmental exploration of the fear of success phenomenon as cultural stereotype. Sex Roles, 4(4), 539-547.
  • Homey, K. (1937). The Collected Works of Karen Horney.
  • Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Deeper into attachment theory. Psychological Inquiry, 5(1), 68-79.
  • London, B., Downey, G., Bonica, C., & Paltin, I. (2007). Social causes and consequences of rejection sensitivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17(3), 481-506.
  • McClelland, D. C. (1987). Human motivation. CUP Archive.
  • McClelland, D. C., Atkinson, J. W., & Clark, R. A. (1953). Lowell, EL The Achievement Motive. New York: appleton-century-crofts, 262.
  • Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y. (1995). A cognitive-affective system theory of personality: reconceptualizing situations, dispositions, dynamics, and invariance in personality structure. Psychological review, 102(2), 246.
  • Pappo, M. (1974). Fear of success: A theoretical analysis and the construction and validation of a measuring instrument.
  • Romero‐Canyas, R., Downey, G., Berenson, K., Ayduk, O., & Kang, N. J. (2010). Rejection sensitivity and the rejection–hostility link in romantic relationships. Journal of personality, 78(1), 119-148.
  • Staebler, K., Helbing, E., Rosenbach, C., & Renneberg, B. (2011). Rejection sensitivity and borderline personality disorder. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 18(4), 275-283.
  • Tresemer, D. (1974). FEAR OF SUCCESS-POPULAR, BUT UNPROVEN. Psychology Today, 7(10), 82-85.
  • Zuckerman, M., & Allison, S. N. (1976) An objective measure of fear of success: Construction and validation. Journal of Personality Assessment, 40(4), 422-430.
  • Zuckerman, M., & Wheeler, L. (1975). To dispel fantasies about the fantasy-based measure of fear of success.

Başarı Korkusu ve Reddedilme Hassasiyetinin İngilizce Öğretimi Üzerine Etkisi

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 28 - 41, 28.06.2019
https://doi.org/10.31805/acjes.559744

Abstract

Öğrencilerin öğrenme becerilerini engelleyebilecek psikolojik etkenler üzerine birçok çalışma yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmalar öğrencilerin öğrenme süreçlerini olumsuz yönde etkileyecek olası psikolojik faktörlere ışık tutmuştur. Bu içerikteki çoğu çalışmanın odak noktası, öğrencilerin öğrenme potansiyeli önündeki psikolojik bariyer olarak kaygı olmuştur. Fakat, öğrencilerin öğrenme başarısızlıklarına sebep olan konuların daha derin yanlarını araştıran çok az çalışma olmuştur. Burada, iki faktör, önem arz etmiştir: başarı korkusu ve reddedilme hassasiyeti. Öncü araştırmacılardan Horner (1972) başarı korkusunu, bir kişinin, başarının olası dezavantajları ile ilgili kendisini kaygılı hissetmeye meyilli olması olarak tanımlar. Buna ek olarak, Downey, Feldman ve Ayduk (2000) reddedilme hassasiyetini, bir kişinin, reddedilmeyi kaygılı bir şekilde ummasına, istekli bir şekilde algılamasına ve reddedilmeye yoğun bir şekilde tepki göstermesine sebep olan faktör olarak tanımlarlar. Bu iki faktörü dikkate alarak mevcut çalışma iki kademede gerçekleştirilecektir. Öncelikle, her iki faktörün İngilizcenin yabancı dil olarak öğretildiği sınıflarda nasıl kendini gösterdiklerini açıklamayı amaçlar. Buna ek olarak, İngilizcenin yabancı dil olarak öğretildiği sınıflarındaki öğrencilerin öğrenme başarısızlıklarıyla ilgili daha önce belirtilen her iki psikolojik faktörün etki oranını azaltabilecek ya da arttırabilecek ne çeşit değişkenler olduğunu araştırmayı hedefler. Bu çalışmanın bir amacı da, öğrencilerin dil öğrenme sürecine olası etkileri üzerine tartışma ortamı başlatarak İngilizce dili eğitimi alanında değinilmemiş olan bu kavramlar üzerine daha detaylı analiz yapılmasına katkıda bulunmaktır.

References

  • Atkinson, J. W. (1958). Motives in fantasy, action, and society: A method of assessment and study.
  • Atkinson, J. W., & Feather, N. T. (Eds.). (1966). A theory of achievement motivation (Vol. 66). New York: Wiley.
  • Ayduk, O., Mendoza-Denton, R., Mischel, W., Downey, G., Peake, P. K., & Rodriguez, M. (2000). Regulating the interpersonal self: strategic self-regulation for coping with rejection sensitivity. Journal of personality and social psychology, 79(5), 776.
  • Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, Inc.
  • Bowlby, J. (1969). Bowlby’s attachment theory.
  • Brown, M., Jennings, J., & Vanik, V. (1974). The motive to avoid success: A further examination. Journal of Research in Personality, 8(2), 172-176.
  • Discourse Analysis (2010, December 11). Retrieved from https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/hum/menetelmapolkuja/en/methodmap/data-analysis/discourse-analysis
  • Downey, G., & Feldman, S. I. (1996). Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. Journal of personality and social psychology, 70(6), 1327.
  • Downey, G., Feldman, S., & Ayduk, O. (2000). Rejection sensitivity and male violence in romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 7(1), 45-61.
  • Downey, G., Lebolt, A., & Rincon, C. (1995). Rejection sensitivity: A consequence of rejection and a cause of interpersonal difficulties in adolescence. Unpublished manuscript, Columbia University.
  • Feldman, S., & Downey, G. (1994). Rejection sensitivity as a mediator of the impact of childhood exposure to family violence on adult attachment behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 6(1), 231-247.
  • Gee, J. P. (2010). How to do discourse analysis: A toolkit. Routledge, p. iX
  • Hawkins, R. P., & Pingree, S. (1978). A developmental exploration of the fear of success phenomenon as cultural stereotype. Sex Roles, 4(4), 539-547.
  • Homey, K. (1937). The Collected Works of Karen Horney.
  • Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Deeper into attachment theory. Psychological Inquiry, 5(1), 68-79.
  • London, B., Downey, G., Bonica, C., & Paltin, I. (2007). Social causes and consequences of rejection sensitivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17(3), 481-506.
  • McClelland, D. C. (1987). Human motivation. CUP Archive.
  • McClelland, D. C., Atkinson, J. W., & Clark, R. A. (1953). Lowell, EL The Achievement Motive. New York: appleton-century-crofts, 262.
  • Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y. (1995). A cognitive-affective system theory of personality: reconceptualizing situations, dispositions, dynamics, and invariance in personality structure. Psychological review, 102(2), 246.
  • Pappo, M. (1974). Fear of success: A theoretical analysis and the construction and validation of a measuring instrument.
  • Romero‐Canyas, R., Downey, G., Berenson, K., Ayduk, O., & Kang, N. J. (2010). Rejection sensitivity and the rejection–hostility link in romantic relationships. Journal of personality, 78(1), 119-148.
  • Staebler, K., Helbing, E., Rosenbach, C., & Renneberg, B. (2011). Rejection sensitivity and borderline personality disorder. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 18(4), 275-283.
  • Tresemer, D. (1974). FEAR OF SUCCESS-POPULAR, BUT UNPROVEN. Psychology Today, 7(10), 82-85.
  • Zuckerman, M., & Allison, S. N. (1976) An objective measure of fear of success: Construction and validation. Journal of Personality Assessment, 40(4), 422-430.
  • Zuckerman, M., & Wheeler, L. (1975). To dispel fantasies about the fantasy-based measure of fear of success.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Educational Psychology
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Filiz Yalçın Tılfarlıoğlu This is me 0000-0002-0683-6218

Tülin Ekler 0000-0003-4241-0959

Publication Date June 28, 2019
Submission Date May 1, 2019
Acceptance Date May 27, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 3 Issue: 1

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APA Tılfarlıoğlu, F. Y., & Ekler, T. (2019). Başarı Korkusu ve Reddedilme Hassasiyetinin İngilizce Öğretimi Üzerine Etkisi. Academy Journal of Educational Sciences, 3(1), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.31805/acjes.559744