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Performance Evaluation as a Determinant of Willingness to Defend a Counterattitudinal Position
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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
Extreme Dissent, Conformity Reduction and the Bases of Social Influence
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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
Paralanguage and the Interpersonal Impact of Dysphoria: It's Not What You Say But How You Say It.
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Paddock, John R.; Nowicki, Stephen, Jr. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
Clinically depressed persons and dysphoric normals have a negative impact on others. This study attempted to identify what about the dysphoric paralinguistic style creates the aversive impact experienced by others. Results suggest that soft, flat tones, with long pauses and variable loudness and pitch were significant. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Liking and Power as Factors Affecting Coalition Choices in the Triad
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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
The Impact of Self-Selection and Reference Group Identification in a University Living-Learning Center
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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)