Temporal pattern of social information and self-attribution of ability¹

This research was supported by funds provided by grants from the Vanderbilt Research Council and NIMH (MH25736) to the first author and by funds provided by The Ohio State University Fellowship Program to the second author. Part of this research was conducted while the first author held a visiting professorship at The Ohio State University. The authors wish to extend their appreciation to Harold Kelley for contributing many ideas in the formulation of this research, Yvette Harvey for help in preparation of stimulus materials, and Stephen Ambramowitz, Timothy Brock, Anthony Greenwald, Stephen Harkins, Richard Petty, and Gary Wells for helpful advice during the course of this research and preparation of this manuscript.