Accession Number:
AD0621974
Title:
CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR STYLES.
Descriptive Note:
Doctoral thesis,
Corporate Author:
COLORADO UNIV BOULDER
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1965-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
188.0
Abstract:
Twenty-four subjects were observed under conditions in which basic concepts were either supported confirmation or contradicted refutation by a person of perceived higher status a confederate of E. It was found that 1 Authority-oriented persons demonstrated evasive directiveness, socially-permissible dependence, passive resistance, and strong acceptance of assigned higher status 2 Individuals with anti-authority and negativistic dispositions were competitive, aggressively challenging, and critical, and also were less inclined than others to give unequivocal agreement 3 Peer and friendship-centered subjects evidenced a suppression of personal confidences and 4 Persons oriented toward information-seeking and exploratory behavior gave relatively many interpretive and clarifying responses.