mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: One Korean educational supersition may be science |
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I just saw something on Korean TV where Korean students don't eat round food when studying because a donut reminds them of a zero. I would have written this off as fan death level superstition but then I encountered this:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2007/nelson.cfm
People with names or initials associated with failure are less adverse to failure.
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| Students whose names began with �C� or �D� earned lower GPAs than students whose names began with �A� or �B.� Students with the initial �C� or �D,� presumably because of an unconscious fondness for these letters, were slightly less successful at achieving their conscious academic goals. |
This only really applies to large numbers, but in the long run, more adverse you are to failure ("mmmm donuts are like zero!"), the more likely you are to get a lower grade. In a large sample size, you will see a statistically pronounced effect. |
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