A MULTIDIMENSIONAL STUDY ON THE COGNITION OF SOCIAL SITUATIONS

The purposes of the present study are to explore the cognitive structure of social situations and to examine sex differences in them. One hundred and sixteen undergraduates (58 males and 58 females) served as subjects. The subjects were asked to classify thirty social situations into five to nine ca...

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Published inJikken shakai shinrigaku kenkyū Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 17 - 25
Main Author HIROOKA, SHUICHI
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Japanese Group Dynamics Association 1985
Subjects
cognitive structure
dimensional weight
interactionism
multidimensional scaling
sex differences
situation cognition
social sitsation
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ISSN0387-7973
1348-6276
1348-6276
DOI10.2130/jjesp.25.17

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Summary:The purposes of the present study are to explore the cognitive structure of social situations and to examine sex differences in them. One hundred and sixteen undergraduates (58 males and 58 females) served as subjects. The subjects were asked to classify thirty social situations into five to nine categories according to their similarities. Then, they were asked to rate social situations on twelve situation rating scales. Major findings obtained are as follows: 1. The dimensions, which were extracted from rating situations, were (1) intimacy, (2) task-orientation, and (3) anxiety. 2. Sex differences in the relative salience of the dimensions in ratings, as presented by the INDSCAL weights, were found. Specifically, males gave greater weight to dimension (2), while females gave greater weight to dimension (3). 3. A fairly high degree of correspondence was found among the cognitive structures obtained by ratings and similarity judgments.
ISSN:0387-7973
1348-6276
1348-6276
DOI:10.2130/jjesp.25.17