The Effects of Group Performance and Evaluative Feedback from Other Group Members on Egocentric Perceptions.

摘要

The present study examined the effects of group performance and receiving personal evaluative feedback from fellow group members on retrospective perceptions of group activities. Ninety-six male and female subjects participated in four-person, same-sex, problem-solving groups and subsequently received bogus feedback that indicated that their group had either performed very well or very poorly. After completing the task but prior to receiving group scores, subjects graded each other's contributions. Bogus evaluative ratings were substituted for these real ones and subjects were informed that their contributions were graded as above average, average, or below average by their peers. When later questioned, it was found that in failing groups peer evaluations had no effects on the amount of relative responsibility subjects took for their group's performance. However, in successful groups the favorability of the peer evaluations was directly related to the amount of relative responsibility subjects perceived. An opposite effect occurred on self-ratings of dominance and group leadership. Self-ratings of leadership were directly related to peer feedback following group failure, but unrelated following group success.