tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5941583971919337242..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Sally from Sumpter Sends in This Civility Link. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2351253663403287012015-06-27T22:59:43.497-04:002015-06-27T22:59:43.497-04:00Cassandra provides excellent analysis. Because I&#...Cassandra provides excellent analysis. Because I'm a frustrated experimenter, I now wish to address the following:<br /><br /><i>"In one study, the experimenter belittled the peer group of participants, who then . . . came up with 39 percent fewer creative ideas during a brainstorming task focused on how they might use a brick."</i><br /><br />Here's my hypothesis: the mean Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9138409932175552362015-06-26T20:35:38.500-04:002015-06-26T20:35:38.500-04:00Another interesting passage, with possible applica...Another interesting passage, with possible applicability to higher ed: <br /><br /><i>The catch: There can be a perceived inverse relationship between warmth and competence. A strength in one can suggest a weakness of the other. Some people are seen as competent but cold — he’s very smart, but people will hate working for him. Or they’re seen as warm but incompetent — she’s really friendly, but Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86555934956499577492015-06-26T20:27:45.899-04:002015-06-26T20:27:45.899-04:00Interesting the portrait of "a professor"...Interesting the portrait of "a professor" that this perpetuates. <br /><br />I also find myself wondering *why* such an experience impedes performance. I'm guessing because such experiences create distracting feelings of helplessness, of wanting to respond in some way to the unpleasant experience, but having no effective way to do so. If that's the case (and given that this Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80650863649062975582015-06-26T13:46:17.394-04:002015-06-26T13:46:17.394-04:00In our second study, a stranger — a “busy professo...<em>In our second study, a stranger — a “busy professor” encountered en route to the experiment — was rude to participants by admonishing them for bothering her. Their performance was 61 percent worse on word puzzles, and they produced 58 percent fewer ideas in the brick task than those who had not been treated rudely. We found the same pattern for those who merely witnessed incivility: They Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.com