- Author
- Year
- 1986
- Title
- The differential effect of induced response sets in a questionnaire without questions.
- Journal
- Journal of Indian Psychology
- Volume | Issue number
- 5 | 1
- Pages (from-to)
- 47-52
- Document type
- Article
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
- Institute
- Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
- Abstract
-
In a replication of a study by B. L. Dubey and S. K. Verma (1980, unpublished), a questionnaire containing merely answer possibilities was administered to 140 Dutch psychology freshmen, under standard instructions and an induced frustration set. In addition, 2 more response sets were experimentally induced. Like Dubey and Verma's Ss in India, the induced frustration set resulted in a general increase of negative responses. The 2 other response sets resulted in similar response distributions as under standard instructions, possibly because of a ceiling effect. Results are discussed in terms of cross-cultural similarities, individual and gender differences, and the effect of instructional content on response preferences.
- Language
- Undefined/Unknown
- Permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.419507
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