Attribution of ability to others on skill and chance tasks as a function of level of risk.

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Tested the hypothesis that persons who take high risks would be perceived as higher in ability than a person who takes low risks on a task involving skill but that there would be no difference in perceived ability on chance tasks as a function of level of risk. 52 male and 32 female undergraduates learned that a male bettor had either made high or low bets on his performance on a task. For 1/2 the Ss, the task was portrayed as one on which ability could determine success; for the other Ss, chance was the factor that could determine success. Ss then rated the ability of the bettor. Results support the prediction and are discussed in terms of the social comparison of abilities interpretation of risk taking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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