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Corenblum, B. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
Subjects rated an individual described as either male or female, white or native Indian who chose an upwardly or downwardly mobile occupation (teacher or store clerk). Female characters were rated less likely to succeed. Male subjects were more surprised at male, but not female, character's choice of downwardly mobile career. (Author)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Failure, Foreign Countries

Kanekar, Suresh; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
Female college students were selected on the basis of their scores on the Manifest Anxiety Scale. The subjects worked either alone or in pairs. The experiment had a two x two x two design, with group type (nominal versus real), manifest anxiety (low versus high), and induces stress (low versus high) as the three variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Females, Group Behavior

Spector, Paul E.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
In the first of two studies, male undergraduates were either angered or not angered by a confederate. In the second study, subjects in the angry condition displayed more aggression, and thwarting increased subsequent aggressivity. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research

Druckman, Daniel; Rozelle, Richard M. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
The effects of several factors on willingness to take a counterattitudinal position in a forthcoming debate were investigated. Subjects were presented with the dilemma of either compromising their own position and thereby not forfeiting a competitive advantage in the debate or forfeiting a competitive advantage by not compromising their own…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Debate, Females

Candler, Ann; Goodman, Gay – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
This study was concerned with whether or not subjects rated as highly authoritarian demonstrate a significantly greater tendency to model neutral teaching behavior than do subjects who were rated as less authoritarian. Results indicated a significant relationship between ratings on the authoritarian variable and tendencies to model observed…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavior Change, College Students, Higher Education

Levine, John M.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
This study investigated how "correct" and "incorrect" dissenters from erroneous group consensus affect conformity on visual and opinion stimuli under normative and informational social pressure. Results are consistent with earlier data. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Conformity

Ashton, R.; White, K. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
Groups of about 35 subjects were given Neutral, Low and High motivating instructions before completing the Shortened Form of Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery. The results for imaging scores in all seven sensory modalities tapped by this questionnaire indicated that the instructions significantly influenced subjects' responses. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Information Dissemination

Nacci, Peter L.; Tedeschi, James T. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
Effects of resource capability and interpersonal attraction on coalition behavior were studied. Introductory psychology students role played across three experimental conditions. Subjects were asked to select a coalition partner, predict formation of coalition, estimate winnings distribution. Male and female choices and predictions differed.…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Decision Making, Experimental Psychology, Game Theory

Fisher, Ronald J.; Andrews, John J. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
A co-educational living-learning center for the arts was studied through participant observation and quantitative assessment. The results document the importance of full self-selection into a membership group and demonstrate the relationships between reference group identification, basic interests in personality, and social behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)