Whatever will bore, will bore
The mere anticipation of boredom exacerbates its occurrence in lectures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9615341 |
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| Authors | Katy Y Y Tam (0000-0003-2197-8705, Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China), Wijnand A P Van Tilburg (0000-0002-9724-0603, Department of Psychology University of Essex Colchester UK), Christian S Chan (0000-0003-2616-5199, Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 198-210 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjep.12549 |
| PMID | 36148478 |
| OpenAlex | W4296798900 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
BACKGROUND: Academic boredom is ubiquitous, and it leads to a range of adverse learning outcomes. Given that students often make estimates of how boring lectures are, does anticipating a lecture to be boring shape their actual experience of boredom? AIMS: The current research investigated whether anticipated boredom intensifies subsequent boredom felt in lectures. SAMPLES: We recruited undergraduate students to participate in three studies. METHODS: Study 1 (N = 121) and study 2 (N = 130) were conducted in natural university lecture environments. We found that students who anticipated a lecture to bore them more subsequently felt more bored by it. In study 3 (N = 92), we experimentally manipulated anticipated boredom before participants watched a lecture video. We found that those who were led to anticipate higher levels of boredom felt more bored by the video. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results converged to indicate that the mere expectation that a lecture will be boring may be sufficient to exacerbate its subsequent occurrence. We discuss these findings in the contexts of affective forecasting and education
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