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Dot Estimation Task

Resources and information for running the Dot Estimation Task with Inquisit.

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The Dot Estimation Task This script runs the Dot Estimation Task, an experimental manipulation in which participants estimate the number dots presented on a series of screens and are randomly classified as "underestimators" or "overestimators". The task is used for studying ingroup favoritism, response to evaluation, social comparisons, and other social psychological phenomena. View Demo

Selected Bibliography 

Shrauger, J. S. (1975). Responses to evaluation as a function of initial self-perceptions. Psychological Bulletin, 82, 581-596.

Brown, J. D., Collins, R. L., Schmidt, G. W. (1988). Self-esteem and direct versus indirect forms of self-enhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 445-453.

Diehl, M. (1990). The minimal group paradigm: Theoretical explanations and empirical findings. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European review of social psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 263-292). Chichester: Wiley.

Mussweiler, T., Gabriel, S., Bodenhausen, G. V. (2000). Shifting Social Identities as a Strategy for Deflecting Threatening Social Comparisons. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 398-409.

Foels, R. (2007). Ingroup favoritism and social self-esteem in minimal groups: Changing a social categorization into a social identity. Current Research in Social Psychology, 2006, 12, 38-53.

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