Anonymous ID: 159805 Oct. 11, 2024, 6:08 p.m. No.21749544   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>9611

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On the self-erasing nature of errors of prediction.

 

Abstract

 

"82 female undergraduates were assigned to 1 of 4 experimental groupsโ€”predict-request, information-request, predict only, and request onlyโ€”in which requested tasks involved writing a counterattitudinal essay or singing over the telephone. In 3 experiments, Ss overpredicted the degree to which their behavior would be socially desirable and these errors of prediction proved to be self-erasing. Having mispredicted a given behavior, Ss were likely to have these predictions confirmed in later behavior, indicating that prediction of a behavioral sequence evokes a specific cognitive representation of that sequence which is subsequently accessed. Results demonstrate the strong effects on behavior of engaging in prebehavioral cognitive work. "

 

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1981-23660-001