http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5542 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09:36 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5542 This is interesting. I can’t help thinking that media connection, the “global village” and internet awareness of thousands of sites and millions of other people may make people try less.But for those who can really strive regardless of this there may be a massive advantage.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5541 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:39:16 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5541 I wonder what the effects of students who have a friendly rival are… Would this study imply that that just inflates their grades on school tests causing them to less accurately predict how the students will fare on a national test such as the SAT?

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5540 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:01 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/the-effect-of-the-rats-on-the-rat-race/#comment-5540 I found this interesting due to my own experience in school. I went from a small parochial school of 25 per class, to a high school of 235 in my class, to a college of 1500 in my class. With each change in level, my academic competitiveness waned a bit with most of it happening between high school and college when the “competition” got substantially bigger.

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