A NOTE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE: ASSUMED SIMILARITY BETWEEN OPPOSITES,
Abstract
In a study of the effectiveness of squads of cadets undergoing field military training, one of the predictor measures used was the Assumed Simi larity Between Opposites (ASO) score. In studies elsewhere this score has been found to be con sistently associated with group effectiveness in many different situations, but there has been question about the attributes of personality which it tapped. In this study a number of other variables were considered which appeared to be conceptually related to ASO, so their interre lationships were expected to shed some light on the meaning of ASO. However, ASO was not found to be consistently related with other personality attributes, with the result that the interpreta tion of the ASO as psychological distance seems questionable. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0410775
Entities
People
- Edward Gotthell
Organizations
- United States Military Academy