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Witkowski, Tomasz – Journal of Social Psychology, 1997
Tests the egotism hypothesis for poor performance following insoluble problems, and investigates the contribution of egotistic mechanisms to performance in perceived group affiliation and helpless threat conditions. Reports that participants in the failure and group-affiliation conditions performed better than others. Observes that this supports…
Descriptors: Egocentrism, Foreign Countries, Group Membership, Helplessness