A self-novelty manipulation of self-focused attention for Internet and laboratory experiments

A self-novelty manipulation of self-focused attention for internet and laboratory experiments.

Conventional manipulations of self-focused attention are poorly suited for Internet experiments and for group-based administration. The authors present a self-novelty manipulation that effectively induces self-awareness for such contexts. In the high self-focus condition, people write about how they differ from their family and friends and from people in general. In the control conditions, peop...

Self-Focus 1 Running Head: SELF-FOCUSED ATTENTION When the Self Stands Out: Figure–Ground Effects on Self-Focused Attention

a comparative study of the relationship between self-, peer-, and teacher-assessments in productive skills

تمایل به ارزیابی جایگزین و تعویض آن با آزمون سنتی مداد و کاغذ در سالهای اخیر افزایش یافته است. اکثر زبان آموزان در کلاس های زبان از نمره نهایی که استاد تعیین میکند ناراضی اند. این تحقیق جهت بررسی ارزیابی در کلاس های زبان انگلیسی به هدف رضایتمندی زبان آموزان از نمره هایشان انجام گرفته است که در آن نمرات ارائه شده توسط سه گروه ارزیاب (ارزیابی خود دانشجو، همسالان واستاد) در مهارت های تولید (تکل...

Running head: SELF-FOCUSED ATTENTION AND EVALUATION

This study investigated the effects of self-focused attention and evaluation on the perceived performance of individuals high in social anxiety. High and low socially anxious participants (n = 92) were asked to give four short speeches under different conditions of increased self-focused attention (in front of a mirror) or decreased self-focused attention (in front of a poster), and/or under co...

Self-awareness and self-confrontation: effects of self-focused attention on members of a clinical population.

Research in the area of self-awareness theory has indicated that self-focused attention consistently produces both an increase in perceived intensity of affect and enhanced accuracy of self-reports. The present studies consider these effects in relation to the technique of self-confrontation as used in psychotherapy. In the first study, members of two different clinical populations (alcoholics ...