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Accession Number:
AD0641511
Title:
PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES IN DISSONANCE RESOLUTION.
Corporate Author:
COLORADO UNIV BOULDER
Report Date:
1966-10-01
Abstract:
Following the induction of either a positive or negative impression of an object person OP through descriptions of his past behavior, concrete and abstract Ss were presented descriptions of OPs present behavior that run counter to their past and wrote a two paragraph explanation of the perceived consistency-inconsistency. Concrete Ss, significantly more than abstract individuals, 1 perceived inconsistencies between OPs past and present behavior, 2 were negatively aroused by the inconsistency, 3 sought to neutralize the inconsistencies by attributing them to temporal change in OPs, 4 gave few explanations of the inconsistencies, 5 gave poorly integrated accounts of the inconsistencies, and 6 used stereotypic labels in their explanations. In addition, concrete Ss were significantly less tentative in their conclusions about the OPs and significantly more likely to view OPs possession of desirable and undesirable characteristics as mutually exclusive. Author
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Pages:
0016
Contract Number:
Nonr-1147(07)
File Size:
0.00MB
