SUMMARTSignificant differences among high HY and PT scorers were obtained in both content selection and latency in a verbal task. However, the different personality groups did not respond differentially to two sets of instructions of varying specificity as used in this study. These results point to the inherent differences in response sets associated with personality variables and suggest the need of assessing these differences in any experimental task in which verbal learning is examined as a function of diagnostic categories, or other personality variables. 4. JACKSON, D. N., and MESSICK, S. Content and style in personality assessment. Psychol. Bull., 5. LEVENTHAL, A. M. The effects of diagnostic category and reinforcers on learning without awwe-61-72. verbal behavior.
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