Personality and acquisition factors in the development of coordination strategy.
- 1 September 1965
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 2 (3) , 403-407
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022282
Abstract
36 college Ss played 3 repetitions of a 2-person, 3-object-tacit coordination game with 3 successive partners. Absolute ascendance, authoritarianism, and intelligence scores were unrelated to game performance. Variance analysis showed that S pairs with discrepant ascendance scores outperformed pairs with similar scores (p <.035). Interpretation suggests a struggle for dominance between similar ascendance pairs might retard their coordination development. Significant chi-squares showed Ss increasingly adopted a specific sequence of game-play solutions, and Ss who played together increasingly developed similar response biases in object selections. Converging expectations of pattern and object selections help account for Ss' significant improvement in performance as they progress from partner to partner (variance analysis of individual and pair score p's <.005, .06). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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