Social Experiment 2
Previous research suggests that there is a positive correlation between self-confidence and academic performance. Indeed, studies confirm that self-confidence can boost up to 12% your academic performance (University of Iowa). However, we wanted to check these results by ourselves. That is why, during our presentation, we conducted a quick Socrative test about general knowledge. Questions were actually very varied, from "what is the longest river in the world" to "how much does it cost to mint a 1€ coin".
After analyzing the class scores, our conclusion is that, at least regarding our experiment, there are no significant differences amongst students with contrasting levels of self-confidence. In other words, respondents who claimed having high self-confidence did not perform, on average, better than those who did not have so much self-confidence. Actually, the student with the best grade declared having an average self-confidence. Interestingly, it is worth noting that only 4 student in the whole class considered themselves as very confident (maximum punctuation), but at the same time half of the class (20 students) claimed to be quite confident, this is, above average.
Of course, neither the sample (40 student) or the experiment itself (quick test with random questions about diverse topics) are representative, and therefore these results should be taken with a grain of salt.
SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS
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Social Experiment 1
Situation 1
As you may observe, if we have to evaluate the performance of Pablo, he lacks of many skills that help boost his self-confidence. He uses very little eye-contact with the customer, along with a power pose that is not the adequate in order to face the potential buyer. He hesitates too much, which is perceived by the other person as a lack of skills and confidence towards the product. In general terms, this aptitude shown by Pablo will definitely influence (in a negative way) how the buyer will perceive his product. We can demonstrate this as only 1/10 buyers claimed that they would buy this product.
Situation 2
In the second situation, Pablo shows more self-confidence as he looks more relaxed and keeps eye contact with the girl he has in front. Moreover, he uses this confidence to persuade the potential client to buy the product by explaining her the characteristics that makes this product unique. We can see that self-confidence influence to the decision of the potential clients as 5/10 showed interest in purchasing it.
