Steven Berglas
Steven Berglas appears on this site as first author of the 1978 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology paper on drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy.
Who they are
The work of Steven Berglas reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Self-Handicapping.
Key papers
Berglas, S., & Jones, E. E. (1978). Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(4), 405-417. What it reports: Students who received apparently accidental success chose a drug said to impair performance before a retest, which could serve as an excuse for a later failure; the pattern appeared for male participants.
Key ideas
Self-Handicapping: Creating or claiming an obstacle before a test so that a poor result can be blamed on it.
Sources
- Berglas, S., & Jones, E. E. (1978). Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(4), 405-417.