1. Performance pressure through social and monetary goals enhances speech category learning
10/10/17

2. SPEECH CATEGORY LEARNING: MANDARIN TONES
Nonnative speech category learning: a challenging categorization problem for adults
Ex. Native English speakers have significant difficulty learning Mandarin tone categories

3. TONE CATEGORY TRAINING♪ +
Correct, that was a 3
Stimulus –
Response Terminated
500ms delay
500ms ITI
6 blocks of 80 randomized, unique stimuli
Task:
1000ms
feedback

4. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
You are working towards a $10 bonus

5. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
Your partner succeeded
Your partner failed

6. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
You earn points – more points for correct answers
You lose points, more points lost for incorrect answers

7. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
You have the opportunity to earn $10 bonus based on your performance and a partner’s performance – your partner has succeeded, so it’s up to you to do well for both of you to get the bonus. Otherwise, neither of you get the bonus

8. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
Approach goal at global situational level (earning bonus) and approach goal at the local task level (earning points)

9. PRESSURE MANIPULATION
Condition
Monetary goal
Social
goal
Task
points
Situational interaction
Social interaction 1
Approach +
Fit 2
Avoidance
Mismatch 3 - 4
Avoidance goal at global social level (not disappoint a partner) and approach goal at the local task level (earning points)

10. Individuals in mismatch conditions perform better than those in fit conditions
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Mismatch Fit

11. N=110
Condition
Situational
Social
1 (n=27)
Fit
2 (n=27)
Mismatch
3 (n=28)
4 (n=28)
Compared to the social approach-gains condition:
All conditions with a mismatch at either the social or situational level perform significantly better

12. Mismatch differences are upheld at the global social level: a look at performance within approach vs. avoidance
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