Next-in-line effect
The next-in-line effect is a phenomenon in psychology that says that when people are next in line, they are so focused on their own performance that they fail to hear what the previous person was saying to process. The effect was first described in 1973 by Malcolm Brenner using an experiment . There, the test subjects were asked to read out words from an index card and should memorize as many words from the others as possible. The worst memory occurs with the person who spoke before you.
Explanatory approach
The reason for the effect can be that the perceived information is not stored in the long-term memory and is therefore overwhelmed when it is accessed.
Likewise, the fear of doing something wrong and being assessed negatively can, under certain circumstances, lead to aggravation through nervousness. The effect occurs in both people with a lot of fear and with little fear and therefore does not seem to be related to it.
Individual evidence
- ^ Malcolm Brenner: The next-in-line effect . In: Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior . tape 12 , no. 3 , June 1973, p. 320-323 , doi : 10.1016 / s0022-5371 (73) 80076-3 .
- ^ Social anxiety, state dependence, and the next-in-line effect . In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology . tape 26 , no. 3 , May 1, 1990, ISSN 0022-1031 , pp. 185-198 , doi : 10.1016 / 0022-1031 (90) 90034-J ( sciencedirect.com [accessed February 21, 2018]).
- ^ Charles F. Bond: The next-in-line effect: Encoding or retrieval deficit? In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology . tape 48 , no. 4 , p. 853–862 , doi : 10.1037 / 0022-3514.48.4.853 ( apa.org [accessed February 21, 2018]).
- ↑ PsycNET. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .