The perseverance effect in the debriefing paradigm: Replication and extension |
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Authors: | Cathy McFarland Adeline Cheam |
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Institution: | a Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6 b Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont., Canada N2L 3C5 |
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Abstract: | A classic study conducted by Ross, Lepper, and Hubbard (1975) revealed a perseverance effect wherein people who received positive performance feedback on an alleged social perceptiveness test reported more favorable self-perceptions in this domain than those who received negative feedback despite the fact that they had received standard outcome debriefing (i.e., been informed about the false, predetermined, and random nature of the feedback) prior to reporting self-assessments. The present studies extend this past research by revealing that (a) there is a form of outcome debriefing (i.e., informing participants about the bogus nature of the test as well as the bogus nature of the feedback) that effectively eliminates the perseverance effect, (b) the perseverance effect that occurs after standard outcome debriefing is limited to perceptions of specific task-relevant skills rather than more global abilities, and (c) affective reactions do not underlie the perseverance effect that occurs in the false feedback paradigm. |
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Keywords: | The perseverance effect Debriefing Self-perception False feedback |
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