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Menstruation, reattribution, and competence

J Rodin

    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    |March 1, 1976
    PubMed
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    Attributing emotional arousal to a cause, like a pill or warning, improved task performance. This effect was also observed in menstruating women with severe symptoms, suggesting predictability enhances competence.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Cognitive Science
    • Psychophysiology

    Background:

    • Emotional arousal can significantly impact cognitive task performance.
    • Understanding the influence of arousal attribution is crucial for explaining performance variations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if reattributing task-relevant emotional arousal influences performance.
    • To examine the role of predictability and normative standards in arousal management.

    Main Methods:

    • Experiment 1: Manipulated arousal (shock, test anxiety) and provided attributions (pill, warning) or no attribution.
    • Experiment 2: Compared performance of menstruating women (moderate/severe symptoms) with non-menstruating women under arousal.
    • Utilized tasks such as the digit symbol substitution test and Stroop Color-Word Interference Test.

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    Main Results:

    • Subjects receiving a pill attribution or warning performed significantly better than those without.
    • Experimentally aroused women with severe menstrual symptoms outperformed other aroused groups.
    • Findings suggest predictability and perceived normative standards positively influence performance.

    Conclusions:

    • Reattribution of arousal can enhance cognitive performance by providing a sense of control.
    • Predictability and normative standards play a key role in managing arousal effects.
    • Implications for understanding competence during menstruation were discussed.