Preemptive effort downplaying : implications on performance.

• Main Author: Tan, Bao Zhen.
• Other Authors: Lee Sau-Lai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Individualism, differentiation and struggle
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16744
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study looked into Preemptive Effort Downplaying (PED), a recently identified claimed self-handicapping strategy whereby handicappers publicly downplay their effort expenditure on test preparation before taking a test with the intention of managing social evaluations of the self. The study was c...