Performance Level in Situations of Helplessness Threat and Group Affiliation: Egotistic Mechanisms in Helplessness Deficits.

Witkowski, Tomasz

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ERIC Number: EJ569442

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Performance Level in Situations of Helplessness Threat and Group Affiliation: Egotistic Mechanisms in Helplessness Deficits.

Witkowski, Tomasz

Journal of Social Psychology, v137 n2 p229-34 Apr 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 assumptions of attributional egotism theory. (DSK)

Descriptors: Egocentrism, Foreign Countries, Group Membership, Helplessness, Performance, Problem Solving, Psychological Studies, Self Concept, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Poland

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