Performance goals in academic achievement: Ironic effects on attention, conflict regulation and cheating

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titlePerformance goals in academic achievement: Ironic effects on attention, conflict regulation and cheating
start_date2013/11/15
schedule11h-12h
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summaryIn a society focused on excellence, merit and self-enhancement values, learners at school and university are socialized to value performance goals, goals directed at demonstrating competence. In a series of studies, I will show how the pursuit of performance paradoxically reduces performance, by hindering attention and working memory, and by eliciting anti-social behaviors such as competitive conflict regulation and cheating.
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