Manipulated performance-approach (vs. avoidance) goals increase preference for a self-confirmatory model over a compliant one with a more-competent partner (Study 2)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 With goals experimentally induced, the goals × partner competence interaction on model preference was significant (β = .28, p < .03, partial η² = .08); performance-approach goals predicted more preference for the confirmation model than performance-avoidance goals when the partner was more competent (β = .39, p < .03, partial η² = .07) but not when equal (β = −.17, p = .28). → Sommet 2015

Evidence¶

Sommet 2015¶

Sommet, N., Darnon, C., & Butera, F. (2015). To Confirm or to Conform? Performance Goals as a Regulator of Conflict With More-Competent Others. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(2), 580–598. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037240

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Experiment with 73 French vocational school students (3 outliers dropped) in which performance goals were manipulated via validated instructions and partner competence via grade level. Outcome was preference for a confirmation over a compliance model; the interaction reached partial η² = .08 (medium effect), providing convergent validity beyond self-report.

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Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Goal Orientation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Performance-avoidance goals predict protective conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• With explicit competence feedback, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals predict competitive and protective regulation respectively when partner competence is higher or unspecified, but not equal (Study 3) — related
• Performance goals regulate conflict with more-competent others toward competitive (approach) or protective (avoidance) interpersonal behavior — a broader claim this one bears on
• Performance-approach goals predict competitive conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• Manipulated performance-approach (vs. avoidance) goals increase preference for a self-confirmatory model over a compliant one with a more-competent partner (Study 2) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Experimentally induced mastery goals predicted interest in social comparison only under a performance-approach goal condition — related