This study systematically explored the interactive effects of verbal and behavioral compliance and noncompliance by comparing the aggressiveness of the instigations of subjects who interacted with various types of partners, defined in terms of verbal compliance or noncompliance crossed by behavioral compliance or noncompliance. (Author/RK)

Subjects were assigned the task of forming an impression of another person with information being gathered from two conflicting sources. (Editor)

Two experiments assessed the effect of individual differences on aggression. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper is to explore this potential link between self-awareness conditions and the differential responses to various social influences that occur as a function of locus of control and field dependence. (Author)

The instigative aggression paradigm, in which male and female subjects instructed a female confederate which shock to set for an opponent in a competitive reaction time task, was employed. Results were discussed in terms of violation of task role and sex role expectations. (Editor/RL)

Attempts to determine whether the reinforcement value of an altruistic response is a function of attraction toward the victim and/or the affective state of the subject. (Editor/RK)

Tests the validity of three hypotheses previously offered to explain the attenuating effects of pacifistic noncooperation on instigative aggression. Results indicated that all hypotheses, norm-conformity, compliance, and maintenance of power, were viable for subgroups of subjects. Also discusses individual differences and the temporarily…

This study explored the differential effects of a noxious stimulus under two conditions of information concerning the time of occurrence of the stress and two conditions of receiving temporal information. (Author/RK)

It was suggested that thought changes cognitions to be more consistent with one's initial attitude direction and, therefore, results in attitude polarization. Specifically, it was predicted that polarization would be highest under thought with reality constraints absent, followed by thought with reality constraints present, followed by…

Children differing in locus of control orientation (internals, mediums, and externals) were administered an extended coding task following either a fictional rationale for the study (purpose incentive statement) or no purpose. Implications of these findings for education and child-rearing are discussed. (Editor/RK)