Effects of Evaluative Feedback on the Subjective Probability of Success

Summary

This study investigated the extent to which success experiences may influence both self-evaluations of performance on an initial task and expectations concerning performance on a second task. One hundred and eight male and female college students played a game in which they experienced high, moderate, or low success and then estimated their future performance on a similar or dissimilar second game. This study differed from previous investigations in that no verbal evaluative feedback was given to the Ss. While success experiences did result in the predicted self-evaluations even in the absence of verbal feedback, these experiences did not significantly affect expectations of future success.