Mind matters : how an intelligent in-vehicle agent can help female drivers under stereotype threat
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation investigates how an intelligent in-vehicle agent can help female drivers under performance pressure by offering appropriate appraisal feedback on their experiences of failure in a driving task. In particular, the current work examines the effects of appraisal types provided by the agent on drivers' performance under stereotype threat. Study 1 examined the effects of stereotype threat (stereotype threat: threat vs. no threat) and attribution type (agent's attribution: internal vs. external) in a between-participants design (N=52). There was a significant interaction effect between stereotype threat and attribution type on performance. When female participants were under stereotype threat, external attributions of failure increased participants' driving performance. On the other hand, internal attributions of failure improved performance among those not under stereotype threat. Study 2 extended Study 1 by adding one more variable, mindset (fixed mindset vs. growth mindset), to the model. The results showed that failure appraisals with a growth mindset can lead to enhanced performance in general. Furthermore, the mindset moderated the stereotype threat effects. When participants were provided with appraisals with a growth mindset, their performance was not inhibited by the presence of stereotype threat. In addition, the mindset moderated the effects of attributions on performance. Participants in the fixed mindset condition drove worse when failure was attributed to others than to the self. However, participants in the growth mindset did not show a significant difference on performance based on the attribution type.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Joo, Yeon Kyoung |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Communication. |
| Primary advisor | Hamilton, James, 1961- |
| Thesis advisor | Hamilton, James, 1961- |
| Thesis advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
| Thesis advisor | Schwartz, Dan |
| Thesis advisor | Turner, Fred |
| Advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
| Advisor | Schwartz, Dan |
| Advisor | Turner, Fred |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Yeon Kyoung Joo. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Communication. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Yeon Kyoung Joo
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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