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RESPONSE SET ON THE SORT REVISITED PHILIP LANGER AND THOMAS L. HICK Utah State. University PROBLEM 6), we have attempted to vali- date location scores, social desirability, and ac- quiescence as meaaures of response set on the SORT. While location scores yielded positive findings, social desirability and acquiescence were much more ambigious with respect to inter- pretation. Since our previous research with social desir- ability and acquiescence em loyed scores derived from the Gough Adjective checklist, we decided in this study to use relatively pure measures of acquiescence and desirability. These included the B~IxI(') Scale of Social Acquiescence (BSSA) and the Marlow-Crowne (2) Scale of Social Desirabil- ity (M-C SDS). METHOD The BSSA consists of 56 famous sayings, to which S indicates agreement, disagreement, or uncertainty. The M-C SDS consists of 33 cultur- ally sanctioned true-false statements which meaaure social desirability without implying pathology. The SORT(*)is a erouD version of the Ror- schach. The factors-(anh their reliability CO- efficients) include: W (.77), D (.78), Dd (.77), FC (90). CF (.63), Fch (.77). A (.72). H (.68). S (.62), F (.64), F- (.71), M (.80), FM (.78), P (.82),'and 0 (.77). The factors represent .a combination of a number of scoring systems in- cluding Klopfer and Kelley, Beck, and Harrower. The general categories of area, determinants, and content are maintained from the original Ror- schach. The BSSA, M-C SDS, and the SORT were given in that order to 77 Ss enrolled in an upper division Psychology course in the Fall Quarter, 1963, at Utah State University. In administering the SORT, E projects each one of the ten blots, mounted on 35 mm slides, onto a screen before the Ss. The sequence of blots was retained from the original Rorschach system and the S has about 2 1/2 minutes to respond to each blot. The S haa a booklet before him containing ten pages. S selects one and only one response per triad for a total of 10 re- sponses per blot. Each response in the triad is keyed for blot area as well as for one of the deter- minants, and many others are also keyed for con- tent and statistically derived scores specific to the SORT. All three tests were scored in accordance with standard instructions, with one exception. In scoring the BSSA, both acquiescence and un- certainty responses were scored instead of ac- quiescence alone. The decision to employ un- certainty scores waa baaed on the nature of the Rorschach, and the ambiguity and doubt raised by the blot stimuli. It was felt that the magni- tude of the uncertainty scores might represent a major source of variance on, some of the SORT factors. Therefore, three meaaures of set were used: acquiescence, uncertainty, and social de- sirability. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Partial correlations were computed between acquiescence, uncertainty, social desirability, and each of the SORT variables. Aside from a few scattered chance relationships there were no sig- nificant trends between these meaaures of re- sponse set and the SORT variables. On the rwsumption that the information contained in these measures of response set were distributed among the various meaaures, multiple R's be- tween these measures of set and each of the SORT variables were determined, aa follows: W (.040), D (.015), Dd (.089), S (.0086), F (.037), F- (.072), M (.20), FM (.029), Fc (.045), CF (.036), Fch (.089), A (.063), H (.12), P (.052), and 0 (.12). ' It' is obvious that acquiescence and social de- sirability aa measured on the BSSA and M-C SDS respectively, account for very little of the variance on the SORT. Keeping in mind that location scores have been previously judged valid measures of set on the SORT, it would appear that the measurement of set on the Rorschach must depart from the usual dimensions (i.e., acquiescence and social desirability). SUMMARY Seventy-seven Ss at Utah State University were administered the Bsss Scale of Social Ac- quiescence, the Marlow-Crowne Scale of Social Desirability, and the Structured-Objective Ror- schach Test in that order. Analysis of the data indicated that variance due to acquiescence, un- certainty, and social desirability on the SORT was non-significant. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. BASS, B. M. Development and evaluation of a scale for measuring social acquiescence. J. abnorm. SOC. Peychol., 1956, 63, 296-99. 2. CROWNE, I>. P. and MARLOWE, D. A new scale of social desirability independent of psy-' chopathology. J. consult. Psychol., 1960, 24, 349-54. LANCER, P. Compulsivity and response set on the Structured-Objective Rorschach Test. J. din. Psychol., 1962, 18, 299-302. 4. LANCER, P. Social desirability and P re- sponse on the SORT. J. din. Psychol., 1962, 18, 472. 5. LANCER, P. Social desirability and ac- quiescence on the SORT. Psychol. Rep., 1962, 1 I, 531-34. 6. STONE, J. B. S-0 Rorschuch Test Manual. Los Angeles, Calif.: Test Bureau, 1958. 3.
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RESPONSE SET ON THE SORT REVISITED PHILIP LANGER AND THOMAS L. HICK
Utah State. University
PROBLEM
6 ) , we have attempted to vali- date location scores, social desirability, and ac- quiescence as meaaures of response set on the SORT. While location scores yielded positive findings, social desirability and acquiescence were much more ambigious with respect to inter- pretation.
Since our previous research with social desir- ability and acquiescence em loyed scores derived from the Gough Adjective checklist, we decided in this study to use relatively pure measures of acquiescence and desirability. These included the B~IxI(') Scale of Social Acquiescence (BSSA) and the Marlow-Crowne ( 2 ) Scale of Social Desirabil- ity (M-C SDS).
METHOD The BSSA consists of 56 famous sayings, to
which S indicates agreement, disagreement, or uncertainty. The M-C SDS consists of 33 cultur- ally sanctioned true-false statements which meaaure social desirability without implying pathology.
The SORT(*) is a erouD version of the Ror- schach. The factors-(anh their reliability CO- efficients) include: W (.77), D (.78), Dd (.77),
FC (90). CF (.63), Fch (.77). A (.72). H (.68). S (.62), F (.64), F- (.71), M (.80), FM (.78),
P (.82),'and 0 (.77). The factors represent .a combination of a number of scoring systems in- cluding Klopfer and Kelley, Beck, and Harrower. The general categories of area, determinants, and content are maintained from the original Ror- schach.
The BSSA, M-C SDS, and the SORT were given in that order to 77 Ss enrolled in an upper division Psychology course in the Fall Quarter, 1963, at Utah State University.
In administering the SORT, E projects each one of the ten blots, mounted on 35 mm slides, onto a screen before the Ss. The sequence of blots was retained from the original Rorschach system and the S has about 2 1/2 minutes to respond to each blot. The S haa a booklet before him containing ten pages. S selects one and only one response per triad for a total of 10 re- sponses per blot. Each response in the triad is keyed for blot area as well as for one of the deter- minants, and many others are also keyed for con- tent and statistically derived scores specific to the SORT.
All three tests were scored in accordance with standard instructions, with one exception. In scoring the BSSA, both acquiescence and un- certainty responses were scored instead of ac- quiescence alone. The decision to employ un- certainty scores waa baaed on the nature of the Rorschach, and the ambiguity and doubt raised by the blot stimuli. It was felt that the magni-
tude of the uncertainty scores might represent a major source of variance on, some of the SORT factors. Therefore, three meaaures of set were used: acquiescence, uncertainty, and social de- sirability.
RESULTS A N D DISCUSSION Partial correlations were computed between
acquiescence, uncertainty, social desirability, and each of the SORT variables. Aside from a few scattered chance relationships there were no sig- nificant trends between these meaaures of re- sponse set and the SORT variables. On the rwsumption that the information contained in these measures of response set were distributed among the various meaaures, multiple R's be- tween these measures of set and each of the SORT variables were determined, aa follows: W (.040), D (.015), Dd (.089), S (.0086), F (.037), F- (.072), M (.20), FM (.029), Fc (.045), C F (.036), Fch (.089), A (.063), H (.12), P (.052), and 0 (.12). ' It' is obvious that acquiescence and social de- sirability aa measured on the BSSA and M-C SDS respectively, account for very little of the variance on the SORT. Keeping in mind that location scores have been previously judged valid measures of set on the SORT, it would appear that the measurement of set on the Rorschach must depart from the usual dimensions (i.e., acquiescence and social desirability).
SUMMARY Seventy-seven Ss at Utah State University
were administered the Bsss Scale of Social Ac- quiescence, the Marlow-Crowne Scale of Social Desirability, and the Structured-Objective Ror- schach Test in that order. Analysis of the data indicated that variance due to acquiescence, un- certainty, and social desirability on the SORT was non-significant.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. BASS, B. M. Development and evaluation of a scale for measuring social acquiescence. J . abnorm. SOC. Peychol., 1956, 63, 296-99.
2. CROWNE, I>. P. and MARLOWE, D. A new scale of social desirability independent of psy-' chopathology. J. consult. Psychol., 1960, 24, 349-54.
LANCER, P. Compulsivity and response set on the Structured-Objective Rorschach Test. J. din. Psychol., 1962, 18, 299-302.
4. LANCER, P. Social desirability and P re- sponse on the SORT. J . din. Psychol., 1962, 18, 472.
5 . LANCER, P. Social desirability and ac- quiescence on the SORT. Psychol. Rep., 1962, 1 I, 531-34.
6. STONE, J. B. S-0 Rorschuch Test Manual. Los Angeles, Calif.: Test Bureau, 1958.
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