The effects of performance feedback on self-esteem

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Creator:

Wight, Jamie

Responsibility:

Jamie Wight

Start Date:

1992

End Date:

1992

Date Range:

1992 April 10

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1.11 MB of textual records (PDF)

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Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1992. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Includes figures. -- Contents: Thesis.

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:

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OSTMA-PSYC-Wight-Jamie-19920410

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2013-064-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

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Algoma University Theses collection

Container Number:

001

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This study investigated the use of impression management techniques when processing evaluative performance feedback. It was hypothesized that negative feedback, as compared to positive feedback, would lead to greater self-esteem enhancement and lower perceptions of task importance. Introductory psychology students (n=46) participated in two sessions. In session 1 subjects completed self-esteem questionnaires and than a verbal analogy test. In session 2 subjects received non-contingent feedback about their performance. Feedback was of two types: positive or negative. Subjects then completed the self-esteem questionnaires and a questionnaire designed to assess their reactions to the feedback. Repeated measures ANOVA failed to show significance, but subjects in both conditions exhibited a slight increase in self-esteem. Reactions to feedback indicate that subjects may make use of the impression management technique of self-enhancement.

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All material is in English.

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