Experimenter-Bias Effects on the Simple Motor Task Performance of Low- and High-Test Anxious Boys and Girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13677158 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome B Dusek (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-114 |
| Publication date | 1972-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1972.30.1.107 |
| PMID | 5012609 |
| OpenAlex | W1976210641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
12 9- to 10-yr.-old boys and girls at each of two levels of test anxiety were Ss in a marble-dropping task under social reinforcement. Ss were tested by female Es expecting either that boys would perform at a higher rate than girls or the reverse. The performance measures were the base rate of response (the number of marbles dropped during the first minute of the task) and a series of six difference scores reflecting changes in rate of response from the base-rate level. The general prediction was that Es would obtain data consistent with the expectations (bias) given them. The results were: (a) no bias effects in the data collected by Es biased to expect boys to perform at a higher rate than girls, (b) for Es biased toward girls, low test-anxious children were influenced by Es' expectations ( E-bias effect), but the high test-anxious children were influenced by the social reinforcement in the situation (social reinforcement effect). The implications of experimental investigations of adult expectancy effects on children's performance for a complete understanding of teacher-expectancy effects were discussed
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Expectancy theory · Reinforcement · Task (project management · Test (biology · Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Anxiety in elementary school children
The effect of social reinforcement on the performance of institutionalized and nonistitutionalized normal and feebleminded children1
Fact, fiction, and the experimenter bias effect
Use of rate as a measure of response in studies of social reinforcement
Social reinforcement of children's motor behavior
Pygmalion in the classroom
A behavioral analysis of teacher expectancy effect
Experimenter bias in performance in children at a simple motor task
American Educational Research Journal, 1964-1968
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |