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Stereotype Fit Effects for Golf Putting Non-Experts
Study: Stereotype Fit Effects for Golf Putting Non-Experts
Abstract:
Research has connected stereotype threat and regulatory fit by showing improved performance for individuals with negative stereotypes when they focused on minimizing potential losses. In the current study, non-Black participants, who were nonexperts at golf putting, were told that a golf putting task was diagnostic of natural athletic ability (i.e., negative stereotype) or sports intelligence (i.e., positive stereotype). Participants tried to maximize earned points or minimize lost points assigned after every putt, which was calculated based on the distance to a target. Results showed better performance for participants experiencing a fit between their global task stereotype and the task goal, and that regulatory fit allowed for increased attention on the strategies beneficial for task performance. Interestingly, we found that performance of individuals high in working memory capacity suffered greatly when those individuals experienced a regulatory mismatch. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Author: Lisa Grimm
Dr. Lisa Grimm grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and developed an interest in psychology while at Grinnell College (B.A., 2001). After Grinnell, she attended The University of Texas at Austin where she received an M.A., and then a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (2007). Dr. Grimm remained at The University of Texas as a Lecturer and Post-doctoral Fellow until she started as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at The College of New Jersey in the fall of 2009. She is now an Associate Professor. Please see Dr. Grimm's website for more information: http://grimm.pages.tcnj.edu/. For this project, she collaborated with former TCNJ student, Benjamin Lewis, who was instrumental to the success of the study. More information about her amazing students and research lab can be found on her lab website: http://misclab.pages.tcnj.edu/.
Links:
Author:
http://grimm.pages.tcnj.edu/
http://misclab.pages.tcnj.edu/.
Study:
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-45477-001/
Quotes:
"People generally walk around with like a chronic motivational state."
"If you are in a regulatory fit, you are more able to flexibly switch the kinds of strategies that you are using."
"People need to be aware of the outside pressures that end up changing the underlying motivation."
"Part of that mental toughness is recognizing when you need to adapt. It's kind of the toughness to realize that you have to change course."
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By Matt VezzaniStudy: Stereotype Fit Effects for Golf Putting Non-Experts
Abstract:
Research has connected stereotype threat and regulatory fit by showing improved performance for individuals with negative stereotypes when they focused on minimizing potential losses. In the current study, non-Black participants, who were nonexperts at golf putting, were told that a golf putting task was diagnostic of natural athletic ability (i.e., negative stereotype) or sports intelligence (i.e., positive stereotype). Participants tried to maximize earned points or minimize lost points assigned after every putt, which was calculated based on the distance to a target. Results showed better performance for participants experiencing a fit between their global task stereotype and the task goal, and that regulatory fit allowed for increased attention on the strategies beneficial for task performance. Interestingly, we found that performance of individuals high in working memory capacity suffered greatly when those individuals experienced a regulatory mismatch. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Author: Lisa Grimm
Dr. Lisa Grimm grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and developed an interest in psychology while at Grinnell College (B.A., 2001). After Grinnell, she attended The University of Texas at Austin where she received an M.A., and then a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (2007). Dr. Grimm remained at The University of Texas as a Lecturer and Post-doctoral Fellow until she started as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at The College of New Jersey in the fall of 2009. She is now an Associate Professor. Please see Dr. Grimm's website for more information: http://grimm.pages.tcnj.edu/. For this project, she collaborated with former TCNJ student, Benjamin Lewis, who was instrumental to the success of the study. More information about her amazing students and research lab can be found on her lab website: http://misclab.pages.tcnj.edu/.
Links:
Author:
http://grimm.pages.tcnj.edu/
http://misclab.pages.tcnj.edu/.
Study:
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-45477-001/
Quotes:
"People generally walk around with like a chronic motivational state."
"If you are in a regulatory fit, you are more able to flexibly switch the kinds of strategies that you are using."
"People need to be aware of the outside pressures that end up changing the underlying motivation."
"Part of that mental toughness is recognizing when you need to adapt. It's kind of the toughness to realize that you have to change course."