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Ss performed on a 70-30 probability learning task. Ss in experimental groups could see that another S was correct either 20% of the time (Group E-20) or 80% of the time (Group E-80). Control(C) Ss had no knowledge of another’s accuracy. Male Ss in the E-80 group chose the more frequently correct response more often than male E-20 or C Ss. No differences among conditions were found with females. It was suggested that knowledge of another’s high competence has motivating effects for males.
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1. This report is adapted from a thesis submitted by the first author to the Graduate School, University of Iowa, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master’s Degree. The study was supported by a grant to the second author from the National Science Foundation.
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Horne, W.C., Rosenbaum, M.E. The effect of knowledge of another’s accuracy on two-choice probability learning. Psychon Sci 7, 217–218 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328548
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