Poster #22 - Impact of Feedback on Working Memory Span: Exploring the Roles of Perceived Competence and Perfectionism

• In Event: 21.063 - MTCC Poster Session Three
  In Poster Session: 21.063-2 - Social and Cognitive Influences on Academic Performance

Abstract

This study investigates if feedback has differential effects on working memory span depending on learner’s perceived competence and perfectionism. Ninety-four students received either positive or negative feedback on their performance on verbal test items after responding to perceived competence and perfectionism scales. Then they answered manipulation check items before completing an Operation Span task. Results reveal that performance on the Operation span task was lower after negative than positive feedback. Follow-up contrast analyses indicate that negative feedback has a detrimental impact on working memory span for all students - except for students with high perceived competence and low perfectionism. These results shed further light on the buffering effects of high levels of perceived competence and low levels of dysfunctional perfectionism.

Authors

• Susanne Narciss, Technische Universitaet Dresden

• Marie Lippmann, California State University - Chico