Changes in Personality Impressions Formed by Status-Oriented Individuals who Differ in Need-for-Social Approval (NA) or Locus-of-Control Reinforcement.

Reuder, Mary E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: ED160937

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1978-Mar

Pages: 13

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Changes in Personality Impressions Formed by Status-Oriented Individuals who Differ in Need-for-Social Approval (NA) or Locus-of-Control Reinforcement.

Reuder, Mary E.; And Others

Examined are changes in personality impressions formed by status-oriented individuals who differ in Need for Social Approval (NA) or Locus of Control of Reinforcement (I-E). Subjects recorded their initial and final personality impressions of speakers ascribed either high or low social status. High NA observers (or Externals) showed most positive changes in responding to low-status speakers. Low NA's were sensitive to high-status persons. Results extend Iverson's earlier findings and also definitional personality predictions. (Author)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Goal Orientation, Individual Psychology, Locus of Control, Motivation, Perception, Personality, Psychological Needs, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Social Status

Publication Type: Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Tables not filmed because of non-legibility; paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (Washington, D.C., March, 1978)