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Comment author: orthonormal 03 January 2012 10:12:09PM 1 point [-]

perhaps there was a place dependence to the effect - the feelings of value got anchored to the location you felt them in

I think that's the mechanism the authors believe in; the place or context of the science classroom becomes less intimidating when the first thing they did in the semester is prime themselves with confidence.

You can defy the data if you like, but it seems pretty plausible to me.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 04 January 2012 02:32:57AM 0 points [-]

I think that's the mechanism the authors believe in; the place or context of the science classroom becomes less intimidating when the first thing they did in the semester is prime themselves with confidence.

What did they write that gave you that impression?

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