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Achievement: The importance of industriousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Robert Eisenberger
Robert Eisenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-2577 [email protected]
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Abstract

The emphasis on innate talent as the basis for outstanding achievement underestimates the importance of hard work. Learned industriousness helps supply the sustained effort required for superior achievement. The goal of having a productive, well-educated citizenry can be furthered by rewarding students for high effort and attending carefully to their individual educational needs.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 412 - 413
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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