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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Attempt to Reduce Academic Self-Handicapping Behavior Using Self-Persuasion
- Vincent Pinion
University of Central Oklahoma - Mark Hamlin
University of Central Oklahoma - Jaclyn Maass
University of Central Oklahoma
Abstract
Reducing Academic Self-Handicapping using Self-Persuasion was attempted in this study using an Aronson method of Self-Persuasion gathered from cognitive dissonance theory. 59 participants were included in the study. A control condition prompted participants to lie to confederate that they “do not self-handicap,” given $4 to lie.
Social Cognition
