Ss with a high score on the M-C Social Desirability Scale express more favorable attitudes toward a boring experimental situation. Although M-C SDS related to Edwards' Social Desirability scale and negatively to the Barron Conformity scales, neither of these were related to attitude toward the experiment. From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4HE09M. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)