Learning from one's mistakes. Understanding changes in performance estimates as a function of experience, evaluative feedback, and post-feedback emotions.

Autor/inn/en	Ruthig, Joelle C.; Jones, Kelly; Vanderzanden, Karen; Gamblin, Bradlee W.; Kehn, Andre
Titel	Learning from one's mistakes. Understanding changes in performance estimates as a function of experience, evaluative feedback, and post-feedback emotions.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 48 (2017) 4, S. 185-193Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000307
Schlagwörter	Emotion; Optimismus; Test; Optimismus; Test; Leistung; Studienanfänger; Feedback; Erfahrungsniveau; Leistung; Studienanfänger
Abstract	Optimistic performance estimates tend to diminish as performance and feedback draw near, yet it is unclear what contributes to subsequent performance estimates after feedback. At multiple time points, 166 undergraduates estimated their performance on two exams within a course, which was then compared to their actual exam scores. Along with assessing accuracy and shifts in estimates as performance and feedback drew near, the current study explored the mechanisms involved in "learning from one's mistakes" by examining what happens after feedback on actual performance. We assessed the post-feedback emotional impact of performance estimates and identified predictors of subsequent estimates and later performance. Although, individuals overestimated their performance for both exams, feedback on Exam 1 resulted in significantly lower estimates for Exam 2. Irrespective of actual performance, higher expectations detrimentally impacted emotional responses to feedback, prior estimates played a central role in predicting subsequent estimates, and various predictors of actual subsequent performance were identified. Findings contribute to understanding changes in pre- to post-feedback performance expectations and identify predictive factors of post-feedback performance estimates and later performance. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2018/4