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Hansen, Ranald D.; O'Leary, Virginia E. – 1977
In order to explore the hypothesis that sex-linked biases in causal attributions, widely shared by female and male perceivers, may derive in part from the perceiver's naive sex-linked expectations regarding the potential impact of causal forces on women's and men's behavior, three experiments were carried out. The first experiment was conducted to…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Characteristics
Bowers, Kenneth S.; Van Der Meulen, Sandra J. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Suggests that susceptibility to hypnosis and creativity are significantly related and utilizes data to support a regression theory of creativity and hypnosis. Bibliography, tables, and graph. (RW)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Science Research, Correlation, Creativity
Staffieri, J. Robert; Bassett, John E. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Birth Order
Hensley, Wayne E. – 1979
Three distinct theoretical explanations for the effect of attire on aiding behavior were examined in a study. The reinforcing value of attire itself predicted that well-dressed persons would always receive more assistance than poorly dressed persons. The reinforcing value of perceived similarity predicted that similar persons would receive more…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Clothing, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Farkas, Gary M.; Tharp, Roland G. – 1978
Several factors thought to influence the representativeness of behavioral assessment data were examined in an analogue study employing a multifactorial design. Systematic and unsystematic methods of observing group behavior were investigated using 18 male and 18 female observers. Additionally, valence properties of the observed behaviors were…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Expectation, Group Behavior
Maier, Norman R. F.; Casselman, Gertrude G. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Ability, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences
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Pierce, Robert A.; Schwarz, Allan J. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Activism, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Neulinger, John; And Others – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Attempts to determine a consensus for the characteristics of the best integrated person comparing the opinions of American and Czechoslovakian psychotherapists. (MB)
Descriptors: Age, Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Experience
Huber, R. John; Stiggins, Richard J. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students, Perception, Responses
Nemeth, Charlan – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Environmental Influences, Hypothesis Testing
Duffy, Karen G.; DeJulio, Steven S. – 1974
This research project used 93 college students to study the correlation between neuroticism and interpersonal space. The study shows that stressed persons prefer larger social distances than do well adjusted persons. Results also revealed a proxemic difference related to sex of the experimenters, with subjects prefering to sit closer to female…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Neurosis
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Bugental, Daphne E.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interaction Process Analysis
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Morell, Jonathan A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study was designed to examine the effects of age and sex on susceptibility to field dependence training and to determine whether the field dependence phenomenon is a function of cognitive style or of a general inability to make correct judgments because of confusing and inaccurate information. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style
Miller, Larry D. – 1978
Research on attraction in an interpersonal context has strongly suggested that the more attracted two people are to one another, the more they tend to communicate. This study explored attraction and social interaction patterns at the perceptual level. Eighty male and female graduate students, 40 black and 40 white, completed a two part measure of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict