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Younger, Jonathan C.; Pliner, Patricia – Journal of Research in Personality, 1976
Based on Zimbardo's (1970) theory of deindividuation and Duval and Wicklund's (1972) theory of "objective self-awareness" it was predicted that self-awareness would lead to a decrease in transgressive behavior. (Editor)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cheating, Experiments
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Flaherty, John F. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Analysis of responses to Shure and Meeker Personality/Attitude Schedule showed sexes differed in elevation on six factors. Subsamples participated in coalition game. Four of six factors were related to prenegotiation stage indices of coalition formation. Sex differences in coalition behavior may be mediated by sex role socialization differences.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Females, Males
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Jeffery, Robert W. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1976
Attempts to assess the effects of the mode and patterning of rehearsal on the acquisition and retention of modeled behaviors varying in organizational properties. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Experiments, Observational Learning
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Kimble, Charles E.; Olszewski, Donald A. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Female subjects acted out neutral messages to obtain gaze baseline, then positive or negative message to camera. Half used strong emotion; other half used weak emotion. Found more direct gaze was maintained when expressing strong emotion. Positivity-negativity of message did not affect gaze direction. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Body Language, Emotional Response
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Kuhlman, D. Michael; Marshello, Alfred – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
This study focused on individual differences in game behavior with respect to the motives of each participant. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Games, Individual Differences
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Callaway, John W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Subjects (N=48) attempted 24 trials of a psychomotor task to avoid aversive stimulus. Subject-experimenters, with solution expectancies instilled, offered information to subjects. Found that subject-experimenter expectancies were communicated to subjects via periodic comments. Expectancies affected subjects' task performance. Previous similar task…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Expectation, Experimenter Characteristics
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Sebastian, Richard J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Studied males initially angered or not angered by an experimental accomplice. Later shocks were administered to the same accomplice. Subjects were told the shocks would interfere with learning and cause pain or were given no information. Results show angered men receiving hurt instructions and high-victim-pain feedback were most aggressive.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
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Stern, Gary S.; And Others – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
As determined by their scores on Rotter's Locus of Control scale, internal and external subjects were exposed either to a high-, low-, or no fear message on the dangers of exposure to a sunlamp. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Fear, Locus of Control, Perception
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Ringuette, Eugene L. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1976
Four experimental conflict situations having theoretical implications have been reported upon with some frequency. The purpose of this study was to compare individual differences on a common measure, response latency, in order to determine the stability of behavior across these four conflict situations using a comparative latency measure. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Conflict Resolution, Data Analysis, Individual Differences
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Froming, William J. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1978
Sixty college students, representing three of Kohlberg's moral judgment stages, were exposed to a compliance situation. Self-awareness was experimentally increased in 30 subjects. Those in moral stages 3 and 4 complied significantly more than stage 5 subjects. Results are discussed in terms of a cognition-behavior relationship. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Conformity, Developmental Stages