The effect of instructional set and need for social approval on commonality of word association responses.

Horton, David L.; Marlowe, David; Crowne, Douglas P.

doi:10.1037/h0047790

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“…T h e instrument selected to measure social desirability was the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (M-C SD Scale). Horton, Marlowe, and Crowne (1963) reported that individuals scoring high on the M-C SD Scale also tended to be more conforming or other-directed, more responsive to situational demands, and more susceptible to the effects of social reinforcement than those scoring low on the Scale. Crowne and Marlowe (1964) reported an internal consistency coefficient of .88 and a test-retest reliability coefficient of .88 for the M-C SD Scale.…”

Section: Methodology the Instrumentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Need for approval and counseling outcomes

MacGuffie

Jorgensen²,

Janzen

1970

The Personnel and Guidance Journal

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The intent of this study was to determine the effects of a clients' need for approval on the outcomes of counseling. The expectation was that clients who have a high need for approval by others would cooperate more with the counseling process and would more often be successful in the sense of being rehabilitated. The Marlowe‐Crowne Social Desirability Scale was administered to 167 applicants at a state rehabilitation agency immediately after the initial interview. It was hypothesized that successfully rehabilitated clients would obtain significantly higher social desirability scores than those clients who were not successful. The results confirmed the hypothesis at the .01 level of significance.

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Section: Methodology the Instrumentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Need for approval and counseling outcomes

MacGuffie

Jorgensen²,

Janzen

1970

The Personnel and Guidance Journal

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“…In this study, participants were asked to read a word and then write down the first word that came to their mind. Typically, word associations like "short-long" or "table-chair" are more common than word-associations like "short-fat" or "table-candle" 33 . In line with predictions derived from Uniqueness Theory, participants high in the NfU gave more novel responses compared to participants low in the NfU 32 .…”

Section: The Nfu and Creativity And Innovativenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humans and Uniqueness

Schumpe

Erb

2015

Science Progress

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A defining force in the shaping of human identity is a person's need to feel special and different from others. Psychologists term this motivation Need for Uniqueness (NfU). There are manifold ways to establish feelings of uniqueness, e.g., by showing unusual consumption behaviour or by not conforming to majority views. The NfU can be seen as a stable personality trait, that is, individuals differ in their dispositional need to feel unique. The NfU is also influenced by situational factors and social environments. The cultural context is one important social setting shaping the NfU. This article aims to illuminate the NfU from a social psychological perspective.

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“…the kinds of social reinforcement which are offered in a verbal conditioning experiment, Insofar as need for approval involves behavior stereotypy along socially acceptable lines, it should relate to the number of common or popular responses given on a word association test. Horton, Marlowe & Crowne (93) find this to be true only for "relaxed" conditions;' under conditions where speed is a factor, overlearned language habits appear to overshadow any influence that personality might exert.…”

Section: Verbal Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%