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Download full textHorowitz, Leonard M. – 1981
A prototype is a theoretical standard against which real people can be evaluated. To derive a prototype of a lonely person, 40 students were asked to describe a lonely person whom they knew. All descriptions were studied by judges who formed a final listing and frequency of all identified features. The 18 features which formed the prototype fell…
Descriptors: Alienation, Depression (Psychology), Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Competence
