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The benefit of distractions
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The benefit of distractions
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the effect of social and non-social distractions on boredom and performance
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Stein
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Lyra Michelle
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Lyra Stein
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Aiello
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John
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John Aiello
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chair
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Wilder
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David
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David Wilder
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Richard
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Richard Contrada
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Phillips
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Jean
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Jean Phillips
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2012
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2012-05
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eng
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The present study sought to test a cognitive capacity explanation of the distraction-conflict theory of social facilitation (Baron, 1986). Introverts and extraverts performed a sustained attention to response task and a word-pair task. Participants performed these tasks in the presence of social distractions (coactor and evaluator) and non-social distractions (low and high complexity music) to determine if performance in the difference conditions was moderated by extraversion. In addition, this study proposed that the mediators of the moderated relationship between condition and extraversion would be boredom and mind-wandering. Results indicate that extraverts need more outside stimulation to achieve performance facilitation than introverts. Introverts, on the other hand, showed performance impairment when over stimulated. When performance was facilitated, the amount of task unrelated thoughts decreased, whereas when performance was impaired, task unrelated thoughts increased. Theses results support a cognitive capacity explanation for the distraction-conflict theory of social facilitation.
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Psychology
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x, 156 p. : ill.
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by Lyra Michelle Stein
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Group facilitation
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Distraction (Psychology)
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Attention--Testing
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Boredom
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3KH0M8K
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ETD doctoral
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Stein
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Lyra
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2012-04-16 13:51:45
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Lyra Stein
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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