The influence of general knowledge test performance on self-ratings of and perceived relationships between intelligence, knowledge, and memory.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 09 2023
21 09 2023
Historique:
received:
23
01
2023
accepted:
06
09
2023
medline:
25
9
2023
pubmed:
22
9
2023
entrez:
21
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The present study examined how taking a general knowledge (GK) test affects perceptions of one's intelligence, memory, and knowledge and the relationship between these three constructs. Participants rated their abilities on each construct and the strength of the relationships between them before and after completing an easy or hard GK test or control task. In Experiment 1, participants were (mis)informed that GK questions were correctly answered by 50% of the population; in Experiment 2, no such information was provided. Regardless of (mis)information about others' performance, participants in the Hard condition believed they had a worse memory, were less knowledgeable, and were less intelligent post-task. However, the strength of the perceived relationship between GK and intelligence decreased only when participants were misled. Judgments of one's intelligence, memory, and knowledge can be manipulated by taking a GK test, and individuals engage in self-protective behavior to reduce the potential threat to one's self-concept.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37735179
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42205-y
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-42205-y
pmc: PMC10514288
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
15723Informations de copyright
© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.
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