Evaluations and the formation and maintenance of performance expectations. [TR 22]
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
The authors elaborate the theory and model presented in TR#18 on the formation and maintenance of performance expectation states in task groups, and their effects on group structure and interaction. The main theoretical topic here is the unit evaluation process in interaction that leads to expectation formation. New predictions are tested in three-person groups and show good confirmation. Of interest to expectation states researchers, the experiment (1) had three participants per group; (2) used continuous disagreement for 40 trials after the first two trials; (3) randomized the starting number of the slides to reduce inter-trial dependency; (4) is the first TR to use the Spatial Judgment task developed by Moore (TR#15); and (5) used near-veridical slides to control the unit evaluation process. This TR was published by the authors as the lead article in Human Relations (1969).
[Abstract by Murray Webster, 2014.]
Published in Human Relations 22 (No. 6), pp. 481-502.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Date created | January 1968 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Berger, Joseph 1924- |
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Author | Conner, Thomas L., 1939- |
Author | McKeown, William L. |
Publisher | Stanford University, Department of Sociology, Laboratory for Social Research |
Subjects
Subject | Group problem solving |
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Subject | Social status |
Subject | Performance - Evaluation - Social aspects |
Subject | Expectation (Psychology) - Social aspects |
Subject | Social sciences - Experiments. |
Genre | Technical report |
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- Berger, Joseph and Conner, Thomas L., and McKeown, William L.. (1968). Evaluations and the formation and maintenance of performance expectations.Technical Report 22, Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zp168rp1085
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Laboratory for Social Research Technical Report Series (1961-1985), Stanford University Department of Sociology
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