Overt Expression of Experimenter Expectancies, Interaction with Subject Expectancies, and Performance on a Psychomotor Task.

Callaway, John W.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1980-Mar

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Overt Expression of Experimenter Expectancies, Interaction with Subject Expectancies, and Performance on a Psychomotor Task.

Callaway, John W.; And Others

Journal of Research in Personality, v14 n1 p27-39 Mar 1980

Subjects (N=48) attempted 24 trials of a psychomotor task to avoid aversive stimulus. Subject-experimenters, with solution expectancies instilled, offered information to subjects. Found that subject-experimenter expectancies were communicated to subjects via periodic comments. Expectancies affected subjects' task performance. Previous similar task experience did not significantly affect performance. (Author/NRB)

Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Expectation, Experimenter Characteristics, Performance Factors, Psychomotor Objectives, Speech Communication, Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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