Social desirability and the expression of aggression under varying conditions of frustration.

Allison, Joel; Hunt, David E.

doi:10.1037/h0043646

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“…An alternative explanation may be offered for the Burnstein and McRae results. Instead of shared "threat of failure," the punitive actions of the experimenter may have ac-10 Other investigators have indicated that the extent to which frustration leads to the expression of aggression is related to the degree of arbitrariness of the frustrating agent; the greater the arbitrariness, the greater the likelihood of aggression (Allison and Hunt, 1959;Cohen, 19S5;Pastore, 1952). counted for the findings.…”

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Effect of group success and failure upon interpersonal attraction in cooperating interracial groups.

Blanchard¹,

Adelman²,

Cook³

1975

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The effect of group success and failure upon interpersonal attraction in cooperating interracial groups was investigated in a 2X2X2 factorially designed experiment. The level of participation in the group's decision making (high or low) and race (black or white) served as the additional independent variables. The 56 military subjects exhibited significantly greater attraction for groupmates under the success as opposed to the failure condition (p < .001). No main effects for the race of the group member being evaluated or the level of participation in decision making were obtained, nor were there interactions among any of the three independent variables. Separate analyses of the attraction ratings given the white and the black groupmates further revealed that whatever elevated or depressed the ratings for one, similarly affected the ratings for the other. A general satisfaction-dissatisfaction interpretation is offered to explain the effect of group success-failure on interpersonal attraction. Implications for the scapegoat hypothesis are discussed.Reviews of the literature on interpersonal and attitudinal outcomes of personal contact with representatives of a disliked group make it clear that these outcomes vary widely, sometimes being positive, sometimes negative, and sometimes absent (

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Effect of group success and failure upon interpersonal attraction in cooperating interracial groups.

Blanchard¹,

Adelman²,

Cook³

1975

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…It may be, however, that the desire to appear socially acceptable is not merely a testtaking response but reflects a more pervasive determinant of individual behavior in many situations. This likelihood has been suggested by Heilbrun and Goodstein (1961), Jackson and Messick (1958), Marlowe and Crowne (1961), and Allison and Hunt (1959). If this phenomenon is demonstrated with children, then scores from a social de-sirability scale might be related to their behavior in various other experimental and natural situations to determine the generality of the social desirability response.…”

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A children's social desirability questionnaire.

Crandall

Katkovsky

1965

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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A Children's Social Desirability (CSD) questionnaire was constructed and administered to 956 Ss in Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12. A direct question ("yes-no") form of the scale was presented to children in the 3rd, 4th, and Sth grades in individual testing sessions, and a true-false form was given older Ss in group sessions. For both forms of the questionnaire, split-half reliabilities and test-retest (1-month interval) reliabilities were high. Socially desirable responses were more frequently given by younger children than by older children, by dull Ss than by bright Ss, by girls than by boys, and by Negro children than by white children. Social class, size of family, and ordinal position were not associated with CSD responses. Questions were raised pertaining to the generality of this response and pertaining to the premises on which this measure of social desirability, as well as that of Crowne and Marlowe, is based.

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“…Social desirability, as presently defined, refers to a need for social approval and acceptance and the belief that this can be attained by means of culturally acceptable and appropriate behaviors. In a psychometric situation, a high need for social approval would be inferred from a person's attribution 1 Shortly after the completion of this experiment, Allison and Hunt (1959) reported a study investigating the relationship between Edwards SDS and aggressive responses to varying conditions of frustration as measured by a paper-and-pencil test. They interpreted their results as indicating that "the [aggression] 'suppressing' effect of the SD factor occurs primarily in situations in which the culturally acceptable response is not evident" (p. 532).…”

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