Discouraged by Peer Excellence: Exposure to Exemplary Peer Performance Causes Quitting

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 365-374

  Rogers, Todd ^a   Feller, Avi ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational psychology; judgment; open data; open materials; social cognition; social influences

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 84960924923     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615623770     Document Type: Article

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