Research with the A-B therapist "type" variable has included many analogue studies in which A and B undergraduates have been assumed to be personologically similar to A and B professionals. To assess whether this "invariance assumption" is tenable across samples varying in vocational commitment/ training, sex, education, and adjustment,, the present study cross-validated the personality correlates of A-B status (identified in a prior study with Jackson's Personality Research Form) across five new samples. A and B 5s among 94 male professionals, 661 male undergraduates, 114 college clinic patients, and 720 female undergraduates were compared. Univariate and multivariate analyses lent strong support to the invariance assumption: in every sample, B-type 5s exceeded A-type Ss on scales measuring risk taking, dominance, change, sentience, and "counterdependence."1 Requests for reprints should be sent to Juris I.
Sttmmary.-This study involved 80 male undergraduates and was designed to assess the effects of varying model and observer similarity on a measure of social activism on the imImtioa and generalization of aggressive verbal behavior.The 2 X 2 x 2 design varied S's and model's espoused social activism and modeled verbal aggression. Significant modeling and S-activism effects were observed; however, there s e r e no significant generalization or interaction effects. The laaer findings suggest a need for further clarification in modeling theory in delineating the boundary conditions for the occurrence and extent of the imitative process.
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