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ERIC Number: EJ590488
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Fictitious Social Position of Competence, and Performance in a Foreign-Language Interaction Situation: An Experimental Approach.
Chambres, Patrick; Marescaux, Pierre-Jean
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v13 n3 p411-30 Sep 1998
Aims to determine how a fictitious social position of inferiority or superiority affects cognitive activity. Reports on two studies in which subjects interacted with a partner. Finds that what subjects are told about themselves and their partner helps determine the quantity and quality of what they produce. Proposes theoretical explanations. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Performance Factors, Second Languages, Self Concept, Social Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: France