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Lomranz, Jacob – Social Behavior and Personality, 1983
Tests the existence of a "U"-relationship between stimulus complexity and time estimation and suggests this relationship can be better explained by considering the personality variables of extroversion and introversion and their interaction with stimulus complexity. Results confirmed the existence of a quadratic relationship between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Innes, J. M. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
A study of the extent to which people are likely to attribute traits to other people rather more than to themselves produced support for the Jones and Nisbett hypothesis. The level of trait attribution in the present study was higher than that obtained in previous studies. (Author)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Foreign Countries, Perception
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Webb, Stephen D. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
Examines the supposition that insufficient privacy is stressful to the individual. Data were obtained from urban centers in New Zealand. Findings support the hypothesis that a percieved lack of privacy is associated with psychosomatic stress. The relationship is specified by measures of stress and sex of respondents. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Perception, Privacy
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Larsen, Knud S. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Results show that the drawings attributed to the Aboriginal "artist" produced more positive impressions and were rated more highly on the semantic differential. This research was presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Convention, Denver, Colorado, April, 1978. (Author)
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Ali, M. R.; Amir, T. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1988
Investigated relationship between critical flicker fusion (CFF) thresholds and five personality characteristics (alienation; social nonconformity; discomfort, expression, and defensiveness) under three auditory stimulus conditions (quiet, noise, meaningful verbal stimuli). Results from 60 college students revealed that auditory stimulation and…
Descriptors: Alienation, Auditory Stimuli, College Students, Conformity
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Stewart, Robert A.C.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Females had a higher level of belief in the trustworthiness of people. In a multicultural comparison, Indo-Fijians and Europeans both had a higher level of belief in the trustworthiness of people than Fijians. Europeans saw people in general as more complex. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Credibility