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Self-evaluation of social ability: An action identification analysis
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- الموضوع:
- نوع التسجيلة:
thesis
- اللغة:
English
- معلومة اضافية
- Contributors:
Kingree, Jeffrey Brooks; Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor); Vallacher, Robin R. (Thesis advisor); Charles E. Schmidt College of Science; Department of Psychology
- بيانات النشر:
Florida Atlantic University
- Collection:
FAU Digital Collections (Florida Atlantic University Digital Library)
- نبذة مختصرة :
A critical discrepancy in the self-evaluation literature concerns whether self-uncertainty leads to accurate or biased self-evaluations. After discussing the prior research which has rendered this discrepancy, I propose an experiment to reach a resolution to the discrepancy. Principles of action identification theory are used in proposing that the link between self-uncertainty and self-evaluation is moderated by the amount of evaluative threat inherent to the situation in which the self-evaluation is taking place. The experiment established that subjects who are induced to identify their actions in low level terms are more likely to exhibit biases when pursuing self-evaluations of their social ability, with the biases manifested in these subjects' preferences to be evaluated in non-diagnostic ways. The implications of this general finding and suggestions for further research are discussed. ; Charles E. Schmidt College of Science ; Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991. ; FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
- File Description:
68 p.; application/pdf
- Rights:
Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- الرقم المعرف:
edsbas.C8794F6C
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