TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term effects of subliminal priming on academic performance
AU - Lowery, Brian S.
AU - Eisenberger, Naomi I.
AU - Hardin, Curtis D.
AU - Sinclair, Stacey
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was facilitated by a National Science Foundation fellowship awarded to Brian S. Lowery. For serving as experimenters, we are grateful to Kate Chan, Evangeline Lawson, and Nina Kim. For helpful comments on previous drafts we thank Karen Cheng, Adam Fingerhut, Elisheva Gross, Emily Impett, Matthew Lieberman, M. Park, Pamela Riley, Julie Smurda, and Christian Wheeler.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This research examines the temporal range of subliminal priming effects on complex behavior. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were subliminally primed with words either related or unrelated to intelligence before completing a practice exam, administered 1 to 4 days before an actual course midterm. Results revealed that the intelligence primes increased performance on the midterm compared to neutral primes. Experiment 1 demonstrated that being told that the priming task was designed to help exam performance moderated the effect of the intelligence primes. In Experiment 2, practice test performance mediated the effect of the primes on midterm performance. These experiments demonstrated that subliminal priming may have long-term effects on real-world behavior, and demonstrates one means by which long-term priming effects may occur.
AB - This research examines the temporal range of subliminal priming effects on complex behavior. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were subliminally primed with words either related or unrelated to intelligence before completing a practice exam, administered 1 to 4 days before an actual course midterm. Results revealed that the intelligence primes increased performance on the midterm compared to neutral primes. Experiment 1 demonstrated that being told that the priming task was designed to help exam performance moderated the effect of the intelligence primes. In Experiment 2, practice test performance mediated the effect of the primes on midterm performance. These experiments demonstrated that subliminal priming may have long-term effects on real-world behavior, and demonstrates one means by which long-term priming effects may occur.
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U2 - 10.1080/01973530701331718
DO - 10.1080/01973530701331718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250896744
SN - 0197-3533
VL - 29
SP - 151
EP - 157
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -