Janet N Ahn

Biographic Data

ID	5448333
NAME	Janet N Ahn
GIVEN NAMES	Janet N
FAMILY NAME	Ahn
SIGNATURE	AHN J N
AFFILIATIONS	William Paterson University
ORCID	0000-0003-3266-9684
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	7
TOTAL CITATIONS	13
WORKS AS AUTHOR	7
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2020
H-INDEX	2

Not All Scientists Are Equal
Danfei Hu, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEBasic and Applied Social Psychology2020
Three experiments examined how role aspirants’ (i.e., people exposed to role models) views of scientists’ exceptional talent affected motivation. Study 1 demonstrated that when exposed to a scientist whose success is associated with effort (i.e., Thomas Edison), rather than inborn talent (i.e., Albert Einstein), role aspirants’ motivation increased. Study 2 found that role aspirants benefitted less from exposure to Einstein than to a non-famous s…
Women’s work
Edythe E Moulton-Tetlock, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEMotivation Science2019
Gender Stereotypes and the Coordination of Mnemonic Work within Heterosexual Couples
Open AccessJanet N Ahn, Elizabeth L Haines et al.ARTICLESex Roles2017Cited by: 7References: 20
Even Einstein struggled
Open AccessXiaodong Lin-Siegler, Xiaodong Lin‐Siegler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology2016
Students’ beliefs that success in science depends on exceptional talent negatively impact their motivation to learn. For example, such beliefs have been shown to be a major factor steering students away from taking science and math courses in high school and college. In the present study, we tested a novel story-based instruction that models how scientists achieve through failures and struggles. We designed this instruction to challenge this beli…
Projection of Visceral Needs
Janet N Ahn, Gabriele Oettingen et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology2016References: 1
People’s immediate needs influence how they perceive other’s needs – people project their needs onto others. Two studies sought to replicate and extend previous research by identifying moderators of need projection: need satisfaction and a global sense of similarity. Projection increased when a strong need to quench one’s thirst was induced and not satisfied (Study 1). Projection of the need to quench one’s thirst increased when existing thirst a…
Goal projection in public places
Open AccessJanet N Ahn, Gabriele Oettingen et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social…2015Cited by: 2References: 48
Three studies investigated the phenomenon of goal projection in everyday life considering three moderators: goal commitment, the perceived similarity of the target person, and goal attainment. Moviegoers' (Study 1) highly committed to see a particular movie projected this goal onto other movie patrons. Commuters (Study 2) highly committed to catch a certain train projected this goal onto other commuters, given that these commuters were perceived …
Goal projection and giving help
Open AccessGabriele Oettingen, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2014Cited by: 4References: 42

Goal projection and giving help
Open AccessGabriele Oettingen, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experimental Social…2014Cited by: 4References: 42
Goal projection in public places
Open AccessJanet N Ahn, Gabriele Oettingen et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social…2015Cited by: 2References: 48
Three studies investigated the phenomenon of goal projection in everyday life considering three moderators: goal commitment, the perceived similarity of the target person, and goal attainment. Moviegoers' (Study 1) highly committed to see a particular movie projected this goal onto other movie patrons. Commuters (Study 2) highly committed to catch a certain train projected this goal onto other commuters, given that these commuters were perceived …
Even Einstein struggled
Open AccessXiaodong Lin-Siegler, Xiaodong Lin‐Siegler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology2016
Students’ beliefs that success in science depends on exceptional talent negatively impact their motivation to learn. For example, such beliefs have been shown to be a major factor steering students away from taking science and math courses in high school and college. In the present study, we tested a novel story-based instruction that models how scientists achieve through failures and struggles. We designed this instruction to challenge this beli…
Projection of Visceral Needs
Janet N Ahn, Gabriele Oettingen et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology2016References: 1
People’s immediate needs influence how they perceive other’s needs – people project their needs onto others. Two studies sought to replicate and extend previous research by identifying moderators of need projection: need satisfaction and a global sense of similarity. Projection increased when a strong need to quench one’s thirst was induced and not satisfied (Study 1). Projection of the need to quench one’s thirst increased when existing thirst a…
Gender Stereotypes and the Coordination of Mnemonic Work within Heterosexual Couples
Open AccessJanet N Ahn, Elizabeth L Haines et al.ARTICLESex Roles2017Cited by: 7References: 20
Women’s work
Edythe E Moulton-Tetlock, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEMotivation Science2019
Not All Scientists Are Equal
Danfei Hu, Janet N Ahn et al.ARTICLEBasic and Applied Social Psychology2020
Three experiments examined how role aspirants’ (i.e., people exposed to role models) views of scientists’ exceptional talent affected motivation. Study 1 demonstrated that when exposed to a scientist whose success is associated with effort (i.e., Thomas Edison), rather than inborn talent (i.e., Albert Einstein), role aspirants’ motivation increased. Study 2 found that role aspirants benefitted less from exposure to Einstein than to a non-famous s…