A large-scale field experiment shows giving advice improves academic outcomes for the advisor [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

Common sense suggests that people struggling to achieve their goals benefit from receiving motivational advice. What if the reverse is true? In a preregistered field experiment, we tested whether giving motivational advice raises academic achievement for the advisor. We randomly assigned n = 1,982 high school students to a treatment...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Brief Reports Social Sciences Source Type: research