Psychological momentum in performance of a circle-marking task.
An experiment was conducted in which 104 subjects were given a simple circle-marking task in competition with a same-sex opponent (52 pairs). False feedback established perception of momentum without the confounding effects of differences in skill. Perceived momentum did not predict scores.
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Florida Southern College, Orlando 32827, USA.
D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011897:Random Allocation