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Gruder, Charles L.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
The purpose of the present research was to determine how experimental manipulations of certainty would affect social comparison choices in the paradigm used by Wheeler et al. (1969) and Gruder (1971). (Author)
Descriptors: Models, Personality Studies, Prediction, Research Methodology
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Robbins, Gerold E. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
Subjects were assigned the task of forming an impression of another person with information being gathered from two conflicting sources. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Dogmatism, Flow Charts, Personality Studies
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Aderman, David; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1978
Given two assumptions: (1) that people expect a stranger to have attitudes similar to their own, and (2) the disconfirmation of this expectancy by a dissimilar stranger generates an aversive reaction which contributes to his rejection, it was reasoned that tolerance of a dissimilar stranger could be fostered by lessening the aversive reaction to…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Studies, Prediction
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Jaccard, James J. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1974
The classic view of traits as dispositions was examined and a number of ambiguities noted. When clarified, implication for predicting social behaviors from personality variables were derived. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Personality Studies, Prediction