Individual differences among subjects and experimenters and subjects' self-descriptions.

Abstract

4individual difference variables were studied in a situation requiring S to engaged in self-description. The variables were: (1) sex of S, (2) sex of E, (3) hostility score of S, and (4) hostility score of E. After S had presented a description of himself, E and S rated each other's behavior. Os rated the behavior of E during the experimental session. Numerous significant results related to the 4 individual difference variables were obtained. Perhaps the most provocative finding was that Es rated by Ss as high in congeniality elicited less personally significant material from Ss than did Es with low ratings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)