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Centrality of Cognitive Attributes.
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Scott, William A.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Develops measures of individual differences in attribute centrality, investigates convergent validity, and explores differences in central and noncentral attribute functions within same person. University students in three countries completed questionnaires. Four relative centrality measures correlated with information required to make decisions…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Students, Foreign Countries
In Response to Jackson's Challenge: The Comparative Validity of Personality Scales Constructed by the External (Empirical) Strategy and Scales Developed Intuitively by Experts, Novices, and Laymen
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Ashton, Steven G.; Goldberg, Lewis R. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1973
Fifteen graduate students in psychology and 15 individuals with no formal psychology training were each paid to construct one 20-item scale to measure Sociability, Achievement, or Dominance. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Females, Peer Groups
Further Evidence on Androgyny and Interpersonal Flexibility.
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Wiggins, Jerry S.; Holzmuller, Ana – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Subjects (N=202) were administered the Bem Sex Role Inventory and the interpersonal adjective scales. Results substantiated previous findings that stereotyped, near- stereotyped, and androgynous classifications on the Bem index generalized to sex-role stereotype classifications on other dimensions of interpersonal behavior. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Androgyny, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship