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The experimental manipulation of mastery-approach versus performance-approach goal content combined with controlling versus autonomy-supportive style in Study 1.

	Performance-approach goals	Intrapersonal mastery-approach goals
Autonomy-supportive style	Over the page you will find a set of Spatial Exercises, which most students find an interesting challenge. There are two series of six spatial problems for you to try to solve individually. You will be given 8 min to solve each set of problems. Success and achievement are all about who does best and so and you have the opportunity to work individually on the puzzles, trying to perform better than the other students.Therefore, you can look upon this task as a personal challenge and see if you can get more puzzles correct than the others. Focus on the challenge of being among the top performers. You will all receive the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. Don’t forget that: Success and achievement are all about who does best and so it’s a good idea to keep focusing on the challenge of being among the top performers. You will receive all the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. You will have 8 min to complete the second set of six exercises.	Over the page you will find a set of Spatial Exercises, which most students find an interesting challenge. There are two series of six spatial problems for you to try to solve individually. You will be given 8 min to solve each set of problems. Success and achievement are all about personal improvement and so you have the opportunity to work individually on the puzzles, trying to improve your personal performance. Therefore, you can look upon this task as a personal challenge, and see if you can improve your score by solving more puzzles in the second set than in the first. Focus on the challenge of improving your solving skills in the second set. You will all receive the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. Don’t forget that: Success and achievement are all about personal improvement and so it’s a good idea to keep focusing on the challenge of improving your solving skills in the second set. You will receive all the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. You will have 8 min to complete the second set of six exercises.
Controlling style	Over the page you will find a Spatial Exercise Test, which evaluates your capacity for logical spatial insight. There are two series of six spatial problems you must try to solve individually. You will have to finish each set of problems within 8 min. Success and achievement are all about who does best and so you are expected to work individually on the puzzles, and to prove that you can perform better than the other students. Therefore, you ought to look upon this task as a way of impressing others by getting more puzzles correct than the others. Focus on the fact that you need to be among the top performers. You will all receive the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. Don’t forget that: Success and achievement are all about who does best and so you need to keep focusing on being among the top performers. You will receive all the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. You will have 8 min to complete the second set of six exercises.	Over the page you will find a Spatial Exercise Test, which evaluates your capacity for logical spatial insight. There are two series of six spatial problems you must try to solve individually. You will have to finish each set of problems within 8 min. Success and achievement are all about personal improvement and so you are expected to work individually on the puzzles, and to prove that you can improve on your personal performance. Therefore, you ought to look upon this task as a way of impressing others by solving more puzzles in the second set than in the first. Focus on the fact that you need to improve your solving skills in the second set. You will all receive the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. Don’t forget that: Success and achievement are all about personal improvement and so you need to keep focusing on improving your solving skills in the second set. You will receive all the feedback scores once the whole study is completed. You will have 8 min to complete the second set of six exercises.

Text in bold represents phrases relevant to the goal inductions. Text in italics represents phrases relevant to controlling versus autonomy-supportive style.