Is Size Misperception of Targets Simply Justification for Poor Performance?
Is Size Misperception of Targets Simply Justification for Poor Performance?
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对目标大小的误解只是绩效不佳的理由吗？
作者：
R. Wesp;John Gasper
最近的研究表明，那些在涉及目标的体育活动中表现不佳的人回忆起的目标比表现更好的人要小。有些人将这种效应归因于特定于动作的感知，这表明感知直接受到一个人与物体互动的影响。我们建议，低估的目标大小，而不是作为一个理由表现不佳。我们发现，不准确的飞镖投掷者，如果以飞镖质量差为借口，不太可能回忆起较小的目标。这些发现扩展了研究表明，感知受到动机因素的影响，并提供了进一步的证据表明，大小估计可能会被记忆错误扭曲。
Recent studies show that those who perform poorly on sporting activities involving targets recall the target as smaller than do better performers. Some have attributed the effect to action-specific perception, suggesting perception is influenced directly by how one interacts with an object. We proposed that underestimation of target size may instead serve as a justification for poor performance. We found that inaccurate dart throwers, given an excuse that the darts were of poor quality, were less likely to recall the target as smaller. The findings extend research indicating that perception is influenced by motivational factors, and provide further evidence that size estimates can be distorted by memory errors.