VARIABLES RELATED TO ACCURACY IN INTERPERSONAL PRECEPTION
Abstract
Results of a continuing investigation of the general area of accuracy of interpersonal perception are presented. A special procedure, used in the individual studies, involves presenting standard stimulus persons through means of sound-color movies of a spontaneous interview. Heterogeneous groups of subjects (or judges) view the films, and make a variety of judgements about the behavior, attitudes, and feelings of the persons seen (in the films). One group of S made their judgments after viewing the soundcolor movies, a second group made judgments knowing only the sex, age, marital status, and number of children of the stimulus persons, and a third group knew only that the person whose responses they were predicting was an adult male or female. The last two groups, therefore, made their judgments on the basis of stereotypes. Results for Interpersonal Accuracy z and Total Error Score indicate that Ss in the first group were significantly superior both at rank ordering the stimulus persons in terms of their acceptance of conventional religion and predicting exactly the responses of the stimulus persons. Results for Interpersonal Accuracy Variance indicate that differentiation among stimulus persons increases as the amount of information provided about them increases. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0267485
Entities
People
- James M. Jr. Richards
- Victor B. Cline
Organizations
- University of Utah