Fake social-comparative feedback combined with fictional malleability information successfully induces large changes in self-efficacy beliefs¶
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q3 i3 Positive fake feedback significantly elevated self-efficacy scores relative to negative fake feedback in both tasks, with large effect sizes (orientation d = 2.16; contrast d = 2.11). → Zacharopoulos G 2014
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Zacharopoulos G 2014¶
Zacharopoulos G, Binetti N, Walsh V, Kanai R (2014) The Effect of Self-Efficacy on Visual Discrimination Sensitivity. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109392. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109392
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Manipulation check within the same 118-participant experiment: independent-samples t-tests on questionnaire score changes gave orientation t(40) = 7.018, p ,.0005; d = 2.16; contrast t(36) = 6.518, p ,.0005; d = 2.11, confirming "a significant difference in the changes in the SE scores".
"There was a significant difference in the changes in the SE scores for positive feedback groups (orientation, M = 9.14, SD = 9.25, contrast, M = 12.68, SD = 12.73) and the negative ones"
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Fake social-comparative feedback combined with fictional malleability information successfully induces large changes in self-efficacy beliefs |
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Fake social-comparative feedback combined with fictional malleability information successfully induces large changes in self-efficacy beliefs |
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