A False Growth Mindset May Increase Victim-Blaming UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DEPT. OF PSYCHOLOGY Nick Buttrick, David Silverman, & Stephanie Wormington All registrations, materials, data, and analyses available at osf.io/6agkv ab = 0.87 [0.16, 1.82]* (Bias-corrected bootstrap) n = 277 n = 474 Sample Vignette Erin was stressed out about a huge math assignment that was worth 20% of her grade in her College Math class. Two days before the deadline, Erin realized that she hadn’t worked on the assignment nearly enough. She emailed her instructor to ask for help, but he never responded to her email. Erin had to work a shift at her job from 4pm to 1am that night so she couldn’t work on the assignment until the following morning. Unfortunately this didn’t give her enough time to finish and she only got through half of the assignment. It was due at 5pm that day so Erin was forced to turn in what she had. When her teacher gave everyone their grades back, Erin found out she got the lowest grade in the class! Control v Traditional d = 0.18 [0.01, 0.36]
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A False Growth Mindset May Increase Victim-Blaming UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
DEPT. OF PSYCHOLOGY
Nick Buttrick, David Silverman, & Stephanie Wormington
All registrations, materials, data, and analyses available at osf.io/6agkv
ab = 0.87 [0.16, 1.82]*(Bias-corrected bootstrap)
n = 277 n = 474
Sample VignetteErin was stressed out about a huge math assignment that was worth 20% of her grade in her College Math class. Two days before the deadline, Erin realized that she hadn’t worked on the assignment nearly enough. She emailed her instructor to ask for help, but he never responded to her email. Erin had to work a shift at her job from 4pm to 1am that night so she couldn’t work on the assignment until the following morning. Unfortunately this didn’t give her enough time to finish and she only got through half of the assignment. It was due at 5pm that day so Erin was forced to turn in what she had. When her teacher gave everyone their grades back, Erin found out she got the lowest grade in the class!
Control v Traditionald = 0.18 [0.01, 0.36]
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