Test performance as an involuntary function of interpersonal relationships.

The hypothesis that tension aroused by making a new acquaintance might adversely affect test performance is here investigated. Two person teams of subjects are given the Vigotsky Blocks Tests. In the control group, the subjects knew each other before the experiment and knew the experimenter. In the experimental group, the subjects were unacquainted before the experimental session. Analysis of the results shows that the experimental groups took significantly longer to complete the test. Although this result tends to support the hypothesis, several alternate explanations are proposed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Discomforting thoughts on "Infantile Trauma, Genetic Factors, and Adult Temperament."

A comparison of one report of research (Lindzey et al., 1960) with another (Levine, 1958) and why antithetical results eventuated. From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4EC19L. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)