THE PREDICTION OF SOCIAL ACTION TAKING BEHAVIOR

Students in a Southern Negro college ( N - 116) very much involved in the current social protest movement against segregation were used as subjects of a study of prediction of social action taking behavior. A forced choice test of a generalized attitude toward internal or external control of reinfor...

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Main Authors: Gore,Pearl Mayo, rotter,Julian B
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
BEHAVIOR
GROUP DYNAMICS
LEADERSHIP
MOTIVATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
PUBLIC OPINION
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOMETRICS
STUDENTS
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Summary:Students in a Southern Negro college ( N - 116) very much involved in the current social protest movement against segregation were used as subjects of a study of prediction of social action taking behavior. A forced choice test of a generalized attitude toward internal or external control of reinforcements, not specifically dealing with the issue studied, predicted the type and degree of commitment behavior manifested to effect social change. The social desirability motive and social class showed a weak trend, in the predicted direction, in the case of the former and a logically consistent one on an ad hoc basis in the case of the latter. These findings may serve as an impetus for much needed research in the important area of ongoing social action and social change. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting, 1962.