Tolerance for unambiguous feedback.

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In contrast to previous work, tolerance is defined for ambiguity in terms of differential preferences and predicts that compared to Ss in a permissive atmosphere, Ss exposed to a stressful atmosphere will prefer ambiguous evaluative feedback. A 2nd hypothesis was that these preferences should be related to autonomous vs. dependent sets. After set and atmosphere induction, Ss selected the responses to either of 2 inkblot tests as a basis for a "diagnostic" decision. Either selection elicited the same information from E, but 1 resulted in clear-cut feedback, while the other resulted in ambiguous feedback on 50% of the trials. The results confirmed the major hypothesis but showed no significant effects due to set. (25 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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