SOME COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DETERMINANTS OF DIFFERENTIATION, AND INTEGRATION,
Abstract
Eleven representatives of 4 principal conceptual systems ranging in abstractness from rather concrete to almost completely abstract, were tested on their differentiation and integration of 3 cognitive domains (people, institutions, and inanimate objects) toward which they were highly positive, highly negative and neutral. The representatives were selected by means of the TIB (This I Believe) Test. Differentiation and integration were assessed in the domains of people and intitutions to test an assumption that these areas are differentially relevant to representatives of the 4 conceptual systems and should be differentiated and integrared differently by them. The third domain of inanimate objects were selected because of their assumed low relevance to all 4 of the conceptual systems, making this domain an appropriate control against which to compare the effects of positive and negative involvement. The F for conceptual systems was not significant for eigher differentiation or integration. The nature of the attitude toward the objects significantly affected both differentiation and integration; neutrally regarded objects were differentiated and integrated significantly better than positively regarded objects. Variation in cognitive domains had no significant effect on either differentiation or integration. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0427026
Entities
People
- Jacob E. Hautaluoma
- O. J. Harvey
- Robert S. Wyer Jr.
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder