The conditioning of verbal behavior as a function of the need for social approval.

Crowne, Douglas P.; Strickland, Bonnie R.

doi:10.1037/h0046330

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“…On the basis of previous findings, it was hypothesized that more common associations would be given (a) in the positive reinforcement condition than in the control condition ( 9 ) ; ( b ) for high frequency words than for low f requency words ( 2 ) ; and (c) by high need-for-approval Ss than by low needfor-approval Ss (4). No specific predictions were made for sex or for the differential effects of the four reinforcement conditions.…”

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Verbal Conditioning of Common Associations and Need for Approval

Sattler

1971

The Journal of General Psychology

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“…Third, need-for-approval, word frequency of the stimulus words, and reinforcement conditions were also studied, because these variables have been shown to be important in verbal conditioning and in word association studies (1,2,4,5,13).…”

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Verbal Conditioning of Common Associations and Need for Approval

Sattler

1971

The Journal of General Psychology

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“…While these studies stem from a conceptualization (Marlowe & Crowne, 1961) which is related to EdwBrds~their findings may not be relevant to an evaluation of Edwards' conceptualization because the Marlowe-Crowne SD scale more resembles a Lie scale than an SD scale. Lie and SD scales measure distinctly different variables (Bendig, 1962;Jackson & Messick, in press;Voas, 1958).…”

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“…5 It should also be noted that two studies of verbal conditioning (Crowne & Strickland, 1961;Marlowe, 1962) found that high scorers on the MarloweCrowne SD scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960) were more conditionable than low scorers. While these studies stem from a conceptualization (Marlowe & Crowne, 1961) which is related to EdwBrds~their findings may not be relevant to an evaluation of Edwards' conceptualization because the Marlowe-Crowne SD scale more resembles a Lie scale than an SD scale.…”

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A Note on Social Desirability Response Style and Learning

Stricker¹

1962

ETS Research Bulletin Series

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In Brown's study of the learning of personality items which were paired with nonsense syllables, a major finding was that social desirability response style was related to learning measures for women but not men. A reanalysis of these results found that social desirability response style was related to delayed recall for both men and women, and confidence and immediate recall for women only. It was not related to trials to mastery, learning time, and blockings. It was concluded that this study partially supports Edwards' social desirability response style reinterpretation of studies of anxiety and learning, but that many previous studies do not.

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“…Edwards (1957) -2-suggested that social desirability may represent an effort to defend against self-criticism by denying undesirable characteristics, which may in turn be indicative of anxiety. Viewing anxiety as a drive variable, several investigators have studied the relationship of desirability response set to learning (Brown, 1960;Crowne & Strickland, 1961;Marlowe, 1962) and to academic performance (Jackson & Pacine, 1961).…”

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Response Set Scores as Predictors of Performance

Frederiksen

1963

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A Work Preference Schedule (WPS), containing items concerned with preferences for a variety of job attributes, was administered to federal government employees in connection with routine personnel procedures. Answer sheets were obtained and rescored to yield scores which would presumably reflect social desirability and extremity response sets. Statistical study of the scores showed that response sets could be reliably measured and that attractive and unattractive items should be studied separately. Correlations of set scores with biographical data and with scores from inventories and tests were computed, including scores from a situational test, the Bureau of Business In‐Basket Test. It was judged that the only correlations that were capable of reasonably unambiguous interpretation were those between in‐basket scores and desirability set scores obtained from unattractive items. The results show that those who try to put themselves in a good light in responding to the WPS are likely to follow leads suggested by their superior in the in‐basket situation and to show generally good performance both in terms of quantity and quality. Some underlying motivational variable such as anxiety or need for recognition may account for both the desirability response bias and the characteristics of the in‐basket performance.

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The conditioning of verbal behavior as a function of the need for social approval.

Cited by 68 publications

References 17 publications

Verbal Conditioning of Common Associations and Need for Approval

Verbal Conditioning of Common Associations and Need for Approval

A Note on Social Desirability Response Style and Learning

Response Set Scores as Predictors of Performance

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