Discrepancies between the implicit personality theory attributed to others and to oneself were examined among 20 subjects for eight lists of trait words. Findings showed that within subject congruency in self-other descriptions exceeded agreement between subjects, and that subjects tended to be consistently congruent or incongruent for all traits.…

Discrepancies between real-self and ideal-self performances on a personality inventory, the Pensacola Z-Survey, were compared in two groups of high school seniors who were born and raised in one community and a group who had moved from an Appalachian environment to Dayton. (Author)

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)

It was hypothesized that a pathological liar might be characterized by a construct system atypically loose over a wide range of conventional, socially relevant constructs. Evidence consistent with this hypothesis was obtained from the Thought Disorder Grid (TDG) and by a marked response bias on the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). (Author)

To examine relationships between masculinity-femininity, presence of same or opposite sex sibling, and accuracy of cross-sex role-taking, 92 male and female undergraduates classified the 20 items comprising Smith's Masculinity-Femininity Scale according the sex-role characteristics. (Author)

Married couples (N=20) were administered the Self-rating Scale of Intelligence and the Otis intelligence test. Positive correlations were generally found between self-other intelligence estimates and actual intelligence for both husbands and wives. (Author)

This research explores the relationships between the cognitive variables, as measured by Piagetian tests and standard Raven Matrices, and Witkin's Field-dependence/independence dimension, (FD/FID). The association between sex, social class, and personality variables with the Witkin's dimension is also investigated. (Author)

Compared to control group data obtained under standard instructions, subjects (N=72) asked to fake replies to the Howarth Personality Questionnaire in the way they felt Machiavellian individuals would honestly respond scored significantly higher on Ascendance-Dominance, Trust vs Suspicion and Impulsiveness, and significantly lower on Superego,…

Inaccurate stereotyping by non-users was explanatory of the prevailing lack of agreement concerning the personality characteristics of heavy marijuana smokers. (Author)

New Zealand samples of church members and non church members were compared with U.S. samples. Personality assessment was obtained through use of the Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire. Church members were consistently different on several personality dimensions. Tendermindedness, super ego strength, dominance and conservativism were…

Measures of racial attitude, conceptual style, commitment to candidate and electoral process, social-political evaluation, and voting intentions, were administered to white college students (N=320) before the 1972 Presidential election. Prediction of behavioral intentions becomes more powerful as attitudinal measures are made more directly…

Male and female subjects (N=186) participated in a simulated jury experiment in which race of the victim, race of the defendant, and amount of evidence against the defendant were varied. Results indicated racial similarity of the defendant and/or victim to subject jurors influenced levels of negative traits attributed to the defendant. (Author)

Children with experience of creative drama significantly improved their self and man drawings and gave more verbal descriptions showing awareness of individual differences for both current and future self. (Author)