ABSTRACT

Do our expectancies about ourselves and about others have any effect on our actual experiences? Over fifty years of research studies suggest not only that this is the case, but also that our expectancies can shape other people’s experience in different contexts. In some cases they can help, but other times they can do harm instead.

Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Expectancies provides a theory, a research review, and a summary of the current knowledge on intra- and interpersonal expectancy effects and related phenomena. Based on extensive study, and written by eminent experts from some of the world’s leading academic institutions, the book presents the most recent knowledge on social and psychological mechanisms of forming both intra- and interpersonal expectancies. It also considers how expectancies are sustained and what their consequences are, as well as discussing the latest theoretical concepts and the most up-to-date research on expectancy effects.

This book represents the first review of the phenomenon of interpersonal expectancies in over 20 years, and the only publication presenting a complementary view of both intra- and interpersonal expectancies. It aims to open up a discussion between researchers and theoreticians from both perspectives, and to promote an integrative approach that incorporates both.

chapter 1|19 pages

Two Perspectives on Expectancies 1

An introduction

part 1|63 pages

Intrapersonal expectancies

chapter |2 pages

Preface

Expectancy about self

chapter 2|10 pages

Response Expectancy

chapter 4|6 pages

Self-Efficacy

chapter 6|10 pages

Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation

Development, assessment, and implications of a construct

part 2|94 pages

Interpersonal expectancies

chapter |2 pages

Preface

Expectancy about others

chapter 10|7 pages

When and Why Do Expectations Create Reality?

Reflections on behavioral confirmation in social interaction 1

chapter 11|6 pages

Identity Negotiation in Social Interaction

Past, present and future

chapter 12|8 pages

Motivation Matters

The functional context of expectation confirmation processes

chapter 16|7 pages

Children's Awareness of Differential Treatment

Toward a contextual understanding of teacher expectancy effects

chapter 18|12 pages

High and Low Expectation Teachers

The importance of the teacher factor

chapter 19|5 pages

Inaccurate Teacher Expectations

Relationships with student and class characteristics, and its effect on longterm student performance

chapter 20|17 pages

Expectancy Effects

An attempt to integrate intra- and interpersonal perspectives 1