The relationship of attraction and sex composition to performance and nonperformance experimental outcomes in dyads

One hundred eighty students in introductory sociology & social psychology classes served as subjects for the investigation of the relationship of interpersonal attraction & dyad sex composition to performance (a mathematical puzzle & a verbal problem) & nonperformance (dyadic satisfa...

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Published in:Sex roles 1978-12, Vol.4 (6), p.887-898
Main Author: Rosenthal, Saul F
Format: Article
Language:English
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Attract/Attractive/Attractiveness/ Attraction/ Attractions
Composition/Compositions/Compositional
Dyad/Dyads/Dyadic
Sex/Sexes/Sexism/Sexist/Sexists
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Summary:One hundred eighty students in introductory sociology & social psychology classes served as subjects for the investigation of the relationship of interpersonal attraction & dyad sex composition to performance (a mathematical puzzle & a verbal problem) & nonperformance (dyadic satisfaction) in the experimental situation. Mixed-sex & both-female dyads' performance benefited (although not significantly so) from attraction, although both-male dyads' performance did not. Attraction, however, has a positive effect on satisfaction across all dyadic combinations, regardless of sex or racial components. In both-female mixed racial dyads, this positive effect was statistically significant. Although no significant relationship was shown between attraction & performance, the demonstration of linkage between attraction & satisfaction provides confirmation of the social exchange framework. 3 Tables. D. Abrahams.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/BF00287708