This work evaluates whether by rendering more salient to students their own student identity it is possible to increase their effort and performance in an IQ-test. The idea is based on the assumption that individuals' behavior is often influenced by cues that work subconsciously and prime them to behave in certain ways. By implementing a randomized control trial on students of two universities in two European countries-namely the University of Essex (UK) and the University of Calabria (Italy)-we report that students primed with pictures and videos targeted to render their student identity more salient obtain higher IQ-test scores than students exposed to neutral pictures/videos.
The Effect of Priming Student Identity on IQ-Test Score: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial
Ordine P.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2023-01-01
Abstract
This work evaluates whether by rendering more salient to students their own student identity it is possible to increase their effort and performance in an IQ-test. The idea is based on the assumption that individuals' behavior is often influenced by cues that work subconsciously and prime them to behave in certain ways. By implementing a randomized control trial on students of two universities in two European countries-namely the University of Essex (UK) and the University of Calabria (Italy)-we report that students primed with pictures and videos targeted to render their student identity more salient obtain higher IQ-test scores than students exposed to neutral pictures/videos.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
