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Download full textAdams, Gerald R.; LaVoie, Joseph C. – 1974
The effects of physical attractiveness, warmth, and sex of an adult model on imitation behavior of adult males and females were investigated. Subjects were randomly paired with confederates of low or high facial attractiveness who interacted with the subject in a cold-unfriendly or warm-friendly manner. The imitation task involved the confederate…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Interaction Process Analysis
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1975
This study examined the influence of an individual's attributions upon the type of tasks that individuals would select. Questions guiding this study concerned the predictability (congruence) of tasks from attributions, the consistency of this task-attribution congruency, and the generalizability of the results. Subjects were 801 students drawn…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Habit Formation, Individual Psychology
PDF pending restorationMilor, Charles A. – 1976
This study presents an analysis of the process of becoming a marijuana dealer. It is only through an understanding of this process that the problem of marijuana can be completely understood. The process of becoming a dealer is seen as a process consisting of two parts: (1) the development of the external relationships which allow entrance into the…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, Marihuana
Peer reviewedWatt, Norman F.; Lubensky, Amy W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Earlier project reports compared childhood social behavior of nonmigratory schizophrenics and normal classmates by analyzing teachers' comments in school records. This article expands the sample to include migratory schizophrenics and analyzes childhood intellectual functioning. Behavioral differences indicated emotional immaturity and social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Intellectual Development
PDF pending restorationKrus, David J.; And Others – 1974
This paper describes a test which attempts to measure a group of personality traits by analyzing the actual behavior of the participant in a computer-simulated game. ECHO evolved from an extension and computerization of Horstein and Deutsch's allocation game. The computerized version of ECHO requires subjects to make decisions about the allocation…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Peer reviewedGitter, A. George; Black, Harvey – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Based on the factorial analysis of data collected from 260 undergraduates, this study found differences in self-revealing associated with information content, target person, and sex of subject. Gilding was found to be related to self-disclosure and intimate rather than superficial information. Dogmatism did not influence either revealing or…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Dogmatism
Lester, Lewis F.; Perez, Paul – 1977
This study examines and supports the hypothesis that diverse student behavior can be meaningfully and usefully construed when viewed from the single perspective described here as hedonism vs. the Protestant Ethic. Subjects were 1375 male and female undergraduate students. Anonymous questionnaires dealing with background, academic life, social and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
