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Download full textMcAndrew, Francis T. – 1981
Previous research has suggested the existence of a primacy effect in the attribution of ability. To test if the primacy effect occurs in situations where specific cues about the person and nature of the test materials are lacking or greatly reduced, college students corrected a multiple-choice test in which a phantom stimulus person correctly…
Descriptors: Ability, Attribution Theory, Evaluation Criteria, Learning Theories
Larkin, Judith E.; And Others – 1983
Previous research on the primacy effect in ability attribution has focused on intellectual ability, using intelligence test problems as the stimulus material. To examine ability attribution under conditions of ascending (improving), descending, and random patterns of performance on a typing task, 179 college students (69 males, 110 females)…
Descriptors: Ability, Attribution Theory, College Students, Higher Education
