Decision Process Models of Peer Nominations.

Abstract

This paper presents research results regarding the development of an information processing theory of the judgemental process in which individuals engage while rating their peers. The approach taken was to utilize protocol tracing methods to construct decision process models of how individuals rate their peers on seven widely used sociometric questions. The protocols revealed that individuals evaluated their peers along five primary behavior categories: Mutual Influencing, Categorizing/Summarizing, Social-Directive, Quanitity of Verbal Communication, and Listening. The protocols were then used to develop a scoring method of the videotaped group interactions, which included content scoring of the verbal interactions and the nonverbal behavior (i.e. head nodding, eye contact, openness, etc.). Using first order models only, high rank correlations (r sub s range up to 1.000) were obtained between the peer ranking predicted by the models and the actual peer rankings. The findings are quite relevant to the literature on the attribution process of leadership.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047113

Entities

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  • Arie Y. Lewin
  • Shelley S. Layman

Organizations

  • Duke University

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  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Directives
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Instructional Materials
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leadership
  • Literature
  • North Carolina
  • Observers
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thinking
  • Universities

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  • Psychology

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  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.