Concludes that individuals can consciously introduce false projections while inhibiting true projections, thus affecting the theory of projection and the use of projective techniques for personality assessment. Since projective responses are subject to conscious control and distortion they are not reliable. (Author/EK)

Internal and external locus of control subjects were tested on three verbal recognition memory tasks. Subjects administered self-reinforcement on first and third tasks. The second task was accompanied by experimenter reinforcement. There were no differences in self-reinforcement base rate but there were several significant and contrasting changes…

The present research hypothesized that high and low authoritarian jurors would focus on different aspects of the evidence in simulated criminal trial settings and that these tendencies would be reflected in differential recall of evidence. (Author/RK)

The Kilmann Insight Test is a measure of the interpersonal value constructs. That is how the individual perceives and interprets the desirable and undesirable features of interpersonal behavior. The validity of the test is investigated by explaining its relationship to a self-report measure assessing similar values. (DEP)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) patterns can be tied feasibily to personality descriptions. A method is presented for the actuarialstudy of WAIS patterns. (Author/DEP)

Analyzes the relationship between the development of formal operations and the development of the adolescent personality, as hypothesized by Inhelder and Piaget. It is suggested that the concepts of possibility and reflectivity have a variety of meanings, and that once these meanings are examined, the logical foundation for the…

Develops and illustrates a method for clustering hierarchically the interrelationships between many persons, as represented in a matrix of a thousand by a thousand. (RC)

Examined two assumptions about the dimensionality of Rotters' Internal-External (I-E) scale: First, the bipolarity of the two statements within each item pair; second, the unidimensionality of the overall construct. Both assumptions regarding Rotters' I-E Scale were found untenable. (Author/BJG)

Examines the relationship between the Perceived Guilt Index, the Mosher Forced Choice Guilt Scale, and the Word Association Test. (Author)

Supported in part by Public Health Service Grant No. MH-05096-05 from the National Institutes of Mental Health.

Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association (Houston, April 1967)