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Effects of Three Different Interaction Patterns on Programed Learning Achievement.
Nelson, Frank Gustav Gordon – 1968
Twelve experimental groups were organized using ability and mutually positive attitudes among the three members of each group as criteria. Mutually positive attitudes were defined as group cohesiveness. Three different interaction patterns--competitive, competitive-supportive, and supportive--were established through instructions read to the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Educational Research, Group Dynamics
Intergroup Cooperation and Intergroup Attraction: The Effect of Previous Interaction and Outcome of Combined Effort.
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Worchel, Stephen; And Others – 1975
In order to examine the conditions that determine when intergroup cooperation will result in increased intergroup attraction, a group of 494 male and female undergraduate students was divided into task groups consisting of eight to twelve individuals. In the first phase of the study, groups were led to believe that they were either competing,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Group Dynamics, Group Unity
Usurpation and Perceived Support as Determinants of the Endorsement Accorded Formal Leaders
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Michener, H. Andrew; Tausig, Mark – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Suggests that usurpation of control by a leader causes low-status group members to become dissatisfied with participation, but perceived lack of support causes dissatisfaction with the level of goal attainment. Tables and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Decision Making
The Effects of Group Type on Changes of Self-Concept
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Finando, Steven J.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1977
This research looks at the effects of laboratory training on self concept. The gestalt and encounter approaches are employed to test the amount of self concept change possible in group experiences. (YRJ)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
Interactive Effects of Commitment to Future Interaction and Threat to Attitudinal Freedom
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Pallak, Michael S.; Heller, Jack F. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Group Dynamics
Trainer Style and Member Attitudes Toward Trainer and Group in T-Groups
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Lundgren, David C.; Knight, David J. – Small Group Behavior, 1977
Examines the role of interpersonal needs for control and affection in influencing members' attitudinal reactions to the trainer and the group. Results indicate no support for the two-stage, authority-intimacy sequence suggested by much of the research on group development. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Helping Relationship
An Experimental Analysis of the Contrast Effect and Its Implications for Intergroup Communication and the Indirect Assessment of Attitude
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Dawes, Robyn M.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation, Group Dynamics
Productivity, Distributive Justice, and Bargaining Among Children
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Benton, Alan A. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Conflict Resolution, Group Dynamics
Personal Responsibility and Dissonance: The Role of Foreseen Consequences
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Cooper, Joel – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Offers support for the idea that dissonance is aroused only if the consequences of a discrepant action are known in advance and responsibility freely assumed. Graphs, tables, and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Influence of Need for Inclusion on Group Participation
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Vraa, Calvin W. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Graduate Students
Effects of Representational Roles and Mediators on Negotiation Effectiveness
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Vidmar, Neil – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution
The Relationship Between Liking and Perceived Self-Disclosure in Small Groups
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Kahn, Michael H.; Rudestam, Kjell E. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Applications of Heider's p-o-x Balance Model to Classroom Situations
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Richey, Harold; Richey, Marjorie H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Some selected principles of Heider's balance theory are presented and the p-o-x model is explained as a theoretical framework for predicting responses to interpersonal situations in which the participants are in attitudinal agreement or disagreement. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Group Dynamics
The Observation of Parents as Teachers of Preschool Children as a Function of Social Class, Ethnicity, and Cultural Distance between Parent and Child. Final Report.
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Steward, Margaret S. – 1971
This project was designed to study the process of parents teaching preschool age children using a direct observational method. Six mothers and their own three-year-old sons from seven ethnic groups participated: middle-class Anglo, lower-class Anglo, English-speaking Mexican-American, bilingual Mexican-American; Spanish-Speaking Mexican-American,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Chinese