This paper reviews the research conducted in the last 20 years on the application of
technology in support of collaborative learning in higher education. The review focuses …

Social dominance orientation (SDO) has been proposed as an important variable in the
explanation of prejudice. We distinguish between three conceptualizations of SDO: SDO as …

This article proposes a critical review ofthe literature on stereotype threat. First, we present
the pioneering studies of Steele and Aronson (1995). We discuss the originality of their …

In contrast with RB Zajonc's (1965) classic view about social facilitation–inhibition (SFI)
effects, it was found that the presence of relatively unpredictable audiences and forced …

It has been speculated that the big-fish–little-pond effect (BFLPE; the negative impact of
highly selective academic settings on academic self-concept) is a consequence of invidious …

Blanton and colleagues (1999) found that children who nominated a comparison‐target in
several courses chose same‐sex students who slightly outperformed them in class. This had …

This article extends the findings in synchronous room-based electronic brainstorming about
the impact of social comparison process on productivity and creativity in a web-based …

Can the salience of gender identity affect the math performance of 7–8 year old girls? Third-
grade girls and boys were required to solve arthmetical problems of varied difficulty. Prior to …

For more than a century, social psychologists have been trying to understand how the
presence of conspecifics—perhaps the most fundamental invariant of behavior in many, if …

Les recherches sur le conflit sociocognitif (confrontation de points de vue entre partenaires)
peuvent être utiles pour comprendre l'apprentissage dans les contextes collectifs. Cette …