The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of social comparison by a supervisor in a reward allocation situation. Eighty 5-year-old English speaking children in Lubbock, Texas, were volunteer subjects. Random assignments of subjects were observed in an experimental design. The independent variable was manipulated to create five levels of treatment with gender as a blocking factor. Treatment levels were inferior, low, neutral, high and superior as conditions for performance by supervisors on a cup filling task. Subjects exposed to the various treatment conditions were given false information about peer (fictitious) performance at low and high conditions, then were asked to distribute rewards to the peers (fictitious). No nonsocial criteria were given for use in making judgments. No differences were found for main effects of performance levels of gender. The F for the interaction was not significant. Implications are stated as suggested changes for researchers to reduce experimental error. Further studies with extensions of age as a variable are suggested. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1508. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75594 |
| Contributors | LAW, CYLIAN SKINNER., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 109 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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