Interpersonal Understanding and Assumed Similarity
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Personnel and Guidance Journal
- Vol. 43 (2) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-4918.1964.tb02756.x
Abstract
This study examined the hypotheses of (a) no difference between persons who are seen as being understanding compared with persons who are seen as not being understanding in making predictions of how a subject (S) would complete a Semantic Differential (SD); (b) S's will assume a greater similarity to those they see as being understanding than to those seen as not being understanding and (c) some aspects of similarity exist at a level other than assumed.162 ninth grade S's were asked to (a) rank members of their group on the basis of being “understanding,” (b) complete the SD, and (c) complete the SD as they expected every other person in their group to complete it. The results were in accord with hypotheses a and b, and c was partially confirmed.Keywords
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