Most cited papers in Psychological and Educational Research Studies
What are the most cited papers in Psychological and Educational Research Studies?
The most cited paper in Psychological and Educational Research Studies is "The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feelings, and Fun" (Morris B. Holbrook, Elizabeth C. Hirschman, 1982), with 8,178 citations. Next come "Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments." (7,146) and "Attitudinal effects of mere exposure." (6,760).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 444 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feelings, and Fun Morris B. Holbrook, Elizabeth C. Hirschman · Journal of Consumer Research | Sep 1982 | 8,178 |
| 2 | Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Justin Kruger, David Alan Dunning · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1999 | 7,146 |
| 3 | Attitudinal effects of mere exposure. Robert B. Zajonc · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1968 | 6,760 |
| 4 | The Four-Phase Model of Interest Development Suzanne E. Hidi, K. Ann Renninger · Educational Psychologist | May 2006 | 4,657 |
| 5 | Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates of behavior. Richard F. Thompson, William Alden Spencer · Psychological Review | 1966 | 2,650 |
| 6 | The open-field test: A critical review. ROGER N. WALSH, Robert A. Cummins · Psychological Bulletin | 1976 | 2,400 |
| 7 | Experiential Learning Theory: Previous Research and New Directions David Alan Kolb, Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Charalampos Mainemelis | 8 Apr 2014 | 2,164 |
| 8 | Toward a Theory of Intrinsically Motivating Instruction* Thomas W. Malone · Cognitive Science | Oct 1981 | 2,018 |
| 9 | Sensation seeking in England and America: Cross-cultural, age, and sex comparisons. Marvin Zuckerman, Sybil B. G. Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1978 | 1,873 |
| 10 | A Meta-Analysis on the Correlation Between the Implicit Association Test and Explicit Self-Report Measures Wilhelm Hofmann, Bertram Gawronski, Tobias Gschwendner et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 2 Sep 2005 | 1,671 |
| 11 | Novelty, complexity, and hedonic value D. E. Berlyne · Perception & Psychophysics | Sep 1970 | 1,448 |
| 12 | The self-reference effect in memory: A meta-analysis. Cynthia S. Symons, Blair T. Johnson · Psychological Bulletin | 1997 | 1,326 |
| 13 | Achievement goals and achievement emotions: Testing a model of their joint relations with academic performance. Reinhard H. Pekrun, Andrew J. Elliot, Markus Maier · Journal of Educational Psychology | Feb 2009 | 1,262 |
| 14 | Achievement goals, study strategies, and exam performance: A mediational analysis. Andrew J. Elliot, Holly A. McGregor, Shelly L. Gable · Journal of Educational Psychology | Sep 1999 | 1,227 |
| 15 | The misbehavior of organisms. Keller Breland, Marian Breland · American Psychologist | Nov 1961 | 1,201 |
| 16 | Implicit memory: Retention without remembering. Henry L. Roediger · American Psychologist | 1990 | 1,157 |
| 17 | Curiosity and Exploration D. E. Berlyne · Science | Jul 1966 | 1,149 |
| 18 | Intrinsic Motivation Systems for Autonomous Mental Development Pierre‐Yves Oudeyer, Frédé́ric Kaplan, Verena V. Hafner · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation | Apr 2007 | 1,139 |
| 19 | Development of a sensation-seeking scale. Marvin Zuckerman, Elizabeth A. Kolin, Leah Price et al. · Journal of Consulting Psychology | Dec 1964 | 1,084 |
| 20 | The Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity Celeste Kidd, Benjamin Y. Hayden · Neuron | Nov 2015 | 1,063 |
| 21 | Heart-rate change as a component of the orienting response. Frances K. Graham, Rachel Keen Clifton · Psychological Bulletin | 1966 | 1,048 |
| 22 | Television is "easy" and print is "tough": The differential investment of mental effort in learning as a function of perceptions and attributions. Gavriel Salomon · Journal of Educational Psychology | Aug 1984 | 986 |
| 23 | The Dunning–Kruger Effect David Alan Dunning · Advances in experimental social psychology | 2011 | 954 |
| 24 | Explaining the enigmatic anchoring effect: Mechanisms of selective accessibility. Fritz Strack, Thomas Mussweiler · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Sep 1997 | 953 |
| 25 | Academic Performance, Career Potential, Creativity, and Job Performance: Can One Construct Predict Them All? Nathan R. Kuncel, Sarah A. Hezlett, Deniz S. Öneş · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2004 | 922 |
| 26 | Capturing ruminative exploration: Extending the four-dimensional model of identity formation in late adolescence Koen Luyckx, Seth J. Schwartz, Michael D. Berzonsky et al. · Journal of Research in Personality | 23 Apr 2007 | 909 |
| 27 | An instrument to assess adults' orientations toward control versus autonomy with children: Reflections on intrinsic motivation and perceived competence. Edward L. Deci, Allan J. Schwartz, Louise Sheinman et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | Oct 1981 | 908 |
| 28 | The Wick in the Candle of Learning Min Jeong Kang, Ming Hsu, Ian M. Krajbich et al. · Psychological Science | 9 Jul 2009 | 905 |
| 29 | Interest, Learning, and Motivation Ulrich Schiefele · Educational Psychologist | Jun 1991 | 903 |
| 30 | Curiosity and Exploration: Facilitating Positive Subjective Experiences and Personal Growth Opportunities Todd B. Kashdan, Paul Rose, Frank D. Fincham · Journal of Personality Assessment | 19 May 2004 | 898 |
| 31 | Remembering and knowing: Two means of access to the personal past Suparna Rajaram · Memory & Cognition | 1993 | 882 |
| 32 | Interest—The Curious Emotion Paul Joseph Silvia · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Feb 2008 | 857 |
| 33 | What can be learned from growth mindset controversies? David Scott Yeager, Carol Sorich Dweck · American Psychologist | Dec 2020 | 854 |
| 34 | Curiosity and the pleasures of learning: Wanting and liking new information Jordan A. Litman · Cognition & Emotion | Sep 2005 | 853 |
| 35 | What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approaches Pierre‐Yves Oudeyer · Frontiers in Neurorobotics | 2007 | 818 |
| 36 | Origins and pawns in the classroom: Self-report and projective assessments of individual differences in children's perceptions. Richard M. Ryan, Wendy S. Grolnick · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Mar 1986 | 817 |
| 37 | Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit Jennifer Brant · Brock Education Journal | 9 Oct 2014 | 803 |
| 38 | Revisiting the Conceptualization, Measurement, and Generation of Interest K. Ann Renninger, Suzanne E. Hidi · Educational Psychologist | Jul 2011 | 790 |
| 39 | The control of eye fixation by the meaning of spoken language Roger M. Cooper · Cognitive Psychology | 1974 | 785 |
| 40 | Empathic mediation of helping: A two-stage model. Jay S. Coke, C. Daniel Batson, Katherine McDavis · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Jul 1978 | 777 |
| 41 | Enhancing interest and performance with a utility value intervention. Chris S. Hulleman, Olga Godes, Bryan L. Hendricks et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | 12 Oct 2010 | 765 |
| 42 | Vocabulary Acquisition from Listening to Stories Warwick B. Elley · Reading Research Quarterly | 1989 | 761 |
| 43 | Relationships of goal orientation, metacognitive activity, and practice strategies with learning outcomes and transfer. J. Kevin Ford, Eleanor M. Smith, Daniel A. Weissbein et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | Apr 1998 | 757 |
| 44 | The role of achievement goals in the development of interest: Reciprocal relations between achievement goals, interest, and performance. Judith M. Harackiewicz, Amanda M. Durik, Kenneth E. Barron et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | Feb 2008 | 755 |
| 45 | Thought, Language, and Communication Disorders Nancy C. Andreasen · Archives of General Psychiatry | Nov 1979 | 751 |
| 46 | Memory for expectancy-congruent and expectancy-incongruent information: A review of the social and social developmental literatures. Charles Stangor, David W. McMillan · Psychological Bulletin | 1992 | 749 |
| 47 | Practical intelligence in real-world pursuits: The role of tacit knowledge. Richard K. Wagner, Robert J. Sternberg · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Aug 1985 | 731 |
| 48 | What Is Interesting? Exploring the Appraisal Structure of Interest. Paul Joseph Silvia · Emotion | Mar 2005 | 719 |
| 49 | Interest Matters Judith M. Harackiewicz, Jessi L. Smith, Stacy J. Priniski · Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 30 Jun 2016 | 695 |
| 50 | The curiosity and exploration inventory-II: Development, factor structure, and psychometrics Todd B. Kashdan, Matthew W. Gallagher, Paul Joseph Silvia et al. · Journal of Research in Personality | 5 May 2009 | 690 |
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