Personality impression formation in a Maximizing Difference games1: Introduction Method SUBJECTS PROCEDURE Results Discussion REFERENCES

Ninety male subjects took part in a game playing experiment utilizing a Maximizing Differences matrix. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions. One-third of the subjects played a fair game with their partner, one-third played against highly cooperative random stra...

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Published in:The Journal of conflict resolution 1969-03, Vol.13 (1), p.118
Main Author: Gallo, Philip S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Conflict Resolution
Cooperation
Exhibits
Experiments
Feedback (Response)
Institutionalized Persons
Learning
Learning Processes
Personality
Personality Traits
Questionnaires
Resistance (Psychology)
Semantic Differential
Semantics
State Colleges
Statistical Analysis
Undergraduate Students
Variance analysis
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Summary:Ninety male subjects took part in a game playing experiment utilizing a Maximizing Differences matrix. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions. One-third of the subjects played a fair game with their partner, one-third played against highly cooperative random strategies, and the final third were subjected to a delayed matching strategy in which they received the choice that they had made on the previous trial. The results indicated that the subjects who played against the delayed matching strategy were more cooperative at the .10 level of significance. The subjects who played against the delayed matching strategy formed significantly more favorable impressions of their "partner" and, in addition, perceived their partners as possessing, to a significantly greater degree, the same type of personality traits that they attributed to themselves.
ISSN:0022-0027
1552-8766