TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit theories of courage
AU - Rate, Christopher R.
AU - Clarke, Jennifer A.
AU - Lindsay, Douglas R.
AU - Sternberg, Robert J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on a previous version of this manuscript. Their feedback was extremely helpful in preparing this article in its current form. This research was supported in part by the Department of Psychology, Yale University, and by a grant under the Javits Act Program (Grant No. R206R00001) as administered by the Institute for Educational Sciences, US Department of Education, awarded to the Yale Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise. Grantees undertaking such projects are encouraged to express freely their professional judgment. This article, therefore, does not necessarily represent the position or policies of the Institute for Educational Sciences, or the US Department of Education, and no official endorsement should be inferred. The views expressed in this article also do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - What is courage? This question garners significant interest and attention but little empirical research. An operational definition of courage is essential to good research, yet no consensus definition has fully emerged. This article systematically investigates people's conceptions of courage and courageous behavior through a series of studies employing well-grounded implicit methodologies. The organizational structure and components of courage are investigated using a response-generating task (Study 1) and alternate methods (Studies 2 and 3), followed by an experimental approach to determine if people actually use their implicit theories in their evaluations of others (Study 4). Collectively, these studies reveal an organizational structure of people's implicit theories of courage. Further, they indicate that people apply their implicit theories accurately in evaluating others.
AB - What is courage? This question garners significant interest and attention but little empirical research. An operational definition of courage is essential to good research, yet no consensus definition has fully emerged. This article systematically investigates people's conceptions of courage and courageous behavior through a series of studies employing well-grounded implicit methodologies. The organizational structure and components of courage are investigated using a response-generating task (Study 1) and alternate methods (Studies 2 and 3), followed by an experimental approach to determine if people actually use their implicit theories in their evaluations of others (Study 4). Collectively, these studies reveal an organizational structure of people's implicit theories of courage. Further, they indicate that people apply their implicit theories accurately in evaluating others.
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760701228755
DO - 10.1080/17439760701228755
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248585032
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 2
SP - 80
EP - 98
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 2
ER -