Increased performance with increased personal control: A self-presentation interpretation |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany;2. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India;1. Department of Orthodontics, Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Sydney Dental Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia; Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;3. Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;1. Assistant professor, Orthodontic Research Center, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;2. Assistant professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;3. Postgraduate student, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Graduate student, Department of Orthodontics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash;1. Rothamsted Research, Bawden Building, West Common, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, England, United Kingdom;2. National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ, England, United Kingdom;1. Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7616, Raleigh, NC 27612, United States;2. DuPont Crop Protection, Discovery Research, Stine-Haskell Research Center, PO Box 30, Newark, DE 19714, United States |
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| Abstract: | Past research has found that allowing people a choice of task materials sometimes increases performance on the task. A self-presentation interpretation for this effect was tested and supported in two experiments. In Experiment 1, subjects performed better on a paired-associate learning task when allowed to select some of the words for the test, but only when they believed the experimenter would know of their choice and their performance. In Experiment 2, subjects performed better on what they believed was a cognitive abilities test when allowed to select the test, but again only when they believed their performance would be known by those who were aware of the choice. It was concluded that providing increased control over a task often results in increased concern for self-presentation that may lead to a better performance on the task. |
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