The Effects of Negative and Positive Feedback on Confidence in Creative Task Performance
Location
CSU
Student's Major
Psychology
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Edison Perdomo
Mentor's Department
Psychology
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Previous research has found that a correlation exists between confidence in performance and actual performance (Sherman, 1980). The aim of this research was to determine the effect of feedback on confidence in creative task performance. To investigate this effect, 60 subjects participated in the experiment. Subjects were asked to rate their level of agreement with a number of statements on a Likert-type scale. These statements concerned the subject's confidence in his or her ability to perform a creative task. Subjects then performed a creative task (used geometric shapes to create a collage) and received feedback concerning the task in the form of verbal evaluation from the experimenter. Subjects received either positive feedback, negative feedback, or no feedback. After receiving feedback, subjects rated their level of agreement with each of the statements. The results of the experiment indicated that subjects* confidence increased in response to positive feedback and decreased in response to negative feedback. The results of this study are most beneficial in determining how to increase students' confidence and improve their performance.
The Effects of Negative and Positive Feedback on Confidence in Creative Task Performance
CSU
Previous research has found that a correlation exists between confidence in performance and actual performance (Sherman, 1980). The aim of this research was to determine the effect of feedback on confidence in creative task performance. To investigate this effect, 60 subjects participated in the experiment. Subjects were asked to rate their level of agreement with a number of statements on a Likert-type scale. These statements concerned the subject's confidence in his or her ability to perform a creative task. Subjects then performed a creative task (used geometric shapes to create a collage) and received feedback concerning the task in the form of verbal evaluation from the experimenter. Subjects received either positive feedback, negative feedback, or no feedback. After receiving feedback, subjects rated their level of agreement with each of the statements. The results of the experiment indicated that subjects* confidence increased in response to positive feedback and decreased in response to negative feedback. The results of this study are most beneficial in determining how to increase students' confidence and improve their performance.
