Browsing Working Papers by Author "Singh, Ramadhar"
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Allocators' maturity as an explanation for inconsistency in cognitive algebra of reward distribution
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)According to equity theory, reward for a person should be proportional to his input or deservingness. Experimental tests of this ratio rule with information integration theory have not yielded consistent results. The same ... -
Attitude and Social Cognition
Singh, Ramadhar (2012-09-28): This chapter reviews research in attitudes and Social cognition in India during 1975-84. The areas covered are attitudes, impression formation, attribution and judgment And decision. It is noted that quality of research ... -
Averaging as a general principle of information integration
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-21)Virtually all situations require a judgment or decision on the basis of several separate pieces of information. Grading a term paper, evaluating a job applicant, selecting a leader, or simply listening to a speaker, all ... -
Averaging model analyses of teacher expectations of performance from students varying in motivation and ability
Singh, Ramadhar; Shobha, Sneh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1986-11-01)Although there have been numerous studies of the impact of teacher expectations on student performance, the manner in which expectations are formed has remained unexplored. The present research tested the hypothesis that ... -
Cognitive Algebra of Exam Performance: tests of Hypotheses of Cultural Difference, Task Difficulty and Imputations
Singh, Ramadhar (2012-09-28)In a series of six month experiments, prediction of exam performance from information about motivation and ability as well as about motivation alone or ability Alone of students was studied. The factorial plot of the ... -
Contributions to judgment and decision
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)This paper presents an overview of the theoretical, methodological, and applied contributions that the author's research program on prediction of performance has made to the literature on judgement and decision. It is shown ... -
Culture development and task differences in prediction of performance: an information integration analysis
Srivastava, Prabha; Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)Past research showed that Indian children average information about motivation and ability in prediction of performance. However, a multiplying-type rule develops from an adding-type rule in American children. The present ... -
Determinants of error variance in individual child analysis for studying integrational capacity
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)In research on information integration by children, integrational capacity of a child is ascertained by the number of statistically significant main effects in analysis of variance for the child. Such an approach has an ... -
Expected performance in Human/Computer applications as a function of user proficiency and system power
Norman, Kent L.; Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)Managers and students of management in India predicted performance in human/computer systems from information about the user's proficiency with computers and the power of the system. User proficiency was defined as the ... -
Experimental social psychology is real and scientific - a reply to Durganand Sinha
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)In his critique of experimental social psychology, Durganand Sinha views experimentation as an inadequate approach to complex social phenomena, and complains that social psychology are confined to problems for which methods ... -
An information integration theory analysis of attractiveness of bus systems
Singh, Ramadhar; Palaniswamy, S. P.; Pradhan, Y. N. (2010-03-14)Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals ... -
Information reliability and prediction of performance: role of initial opinion in multiplying model
Singh, Ramadhar; Bhargava, Shivganesh; Norman, Kent L. (2010-03-14)All the models of information integration predict that the greater the reliability of an information, the greater its effectiveness. However, they disagree with the relationship between reliability of information of one ... -
Integration theoretical analysis of expected job attractiveness and satisfaction
Dalal, Ajit K.; Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-20)Two experiments were performed to study job evaluation processes, using methods of information integration theory. Prospective job seekers rated hypothetical job descriptions according to (a) how much they would like to ... -
An integration-theoretical analysis of cultural and developmental differences in attribution of performance
Gupta, Meenakshi; Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-18)Singh, Gupta, and Dalal proposed that American and Indian college students differ in their cultural outlook on how motivation and ability determine performance. Americans follow a multiplying rule which implies that effort ... -
Life performance motivation ability opportunity: individual differences in predictive models
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)Previous research showed that prediction of life performance from information about motivation and ability follows the multiplying rule. The present experiment added a third supposedly multiplying factor, external opportunity, ... -
Multidimensional inputs and reward allocation: an integration-theoretical analysis
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-20)Many situations require us to distribute rewards and resources between different members of a group. The members are often described with respect to their age, sex, experience, personality, and productivity. Distribution ... -
Performance of task-oriented and relation-oriented persons on a reward allocation task
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)Subjects who scored low and high on Fielder's least preferred coworker scale were provided with information about Behavior and performance of two workers of several groups, and were asked to distribute a fixed sum of money ... -
Prediction of exam performance by children: evidence for utilization of four pieces of information
Srivastava, Prabha; Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-14)Kindergarten through fourth grade children (n=120) predicted exam performance of stimulus students from information about their current motivation and ability. Each kind of information came from two independent sources and ... -
Prediction of job performance by Indian managers: four tests of the two - stage averaging - multiplying model
Singh, Ramadhar; Upadhyaya, Sushil K. (2010-03-18)Prediction of job performance from information about motivation and ability of subordinates was studied. Experiment 1 made the first test by manipulating reliability of information with managers (n=22) and professors (n=22). ... -
Prediction of performance from motivation and ability: an appraisal of the cultural difference hypothesis
Singh, Ramadhar (2010-03-21)How do people integrate information about motivation and ability of a person when they predict his performance? As the dynamic motivation factor acts as an amplifier of the static capacity factor, a multiplying rule can ...