Zeigarnik-phenomenon
as a function of the trait of dominance
A.K. Shinha & M.B. Sharan |
Following
Gough et al's contention that dominant persons betray strong completion-need
and task-orientedness it was hypothesized that they would be more
Zeigarnik-gone than submissive persons: Allport's A-S Reaction Study
was administered to 100 college students and 20 most dominant and
20 most submissive ones were selected who finally underwent a typical
Zeigarnik experiment. Supporting results were obtained in (i) a significantly
higher RI-/RC ~ ratio far the dominant than for the submissive group
and (ii) a significant association (chi-square) between the Zeigarnik-phenomenon
and dominance. Further, dominant persons tended to be positively
pro- and submissive persons positively anti-Zeigarnik.
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