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Genshaft, Judy L. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Couples experiencing marital discord also experienced less congruity in their perceptions. Even when subjects were matched randomly into husband-wife pairs, the marital discord subjects were less homogeneous in their perceptions. The groups also differed in their defensive styles, with a sensitizing style more associated with marital discord.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Congruence (Psychology), Locus of Control, Marital Instability

Murgatroyd, Dorothy; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
The relationship between locus of control of reinforcement, perceptual style, and personality variables was investigated using a population of 133 white urban college men and women. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Perception, Personality Assessment

Lowe, Charles A.; Hansen, Ranald D. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
The proposition that actors favor environmental attribution and observers personal attribution was investigated. Psychology students attributed causality from two perspectives for verbally-described behaviors. It was concluded that motivational considerations mediated actor-observer differences and that perspective differences represent a…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Experimental Psychology, Locus of Control, Motivation