Personality and Group Position

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Abstract
Ten highly ascendant male Ss and ten low ascendant male Ss (defined by score on the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey and observed behavior) plus 20 moderately ascendant Ss participated in four man problem-solving groups using a "star" pattern communication network. In five groups a high ascendant S was in the center position with a low ascendant in the perimeter; in the rest of the groups the positions of the high and low ascendant Ss were reversed. Differences in the behavior of low and high ascendant Ss in the center position disappeared after the third problem. The results are interpreted in terms of situational factors evoking responses differentially located in a response hierarch. Differences in "job satisfaction" are also related to ascendance.

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