TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory study of individual differences in perceptual centering and decentering
AU - Cohen, Arie
AU - Farley, Frank H.
PY - 1973/5
Y1 - 1973/5
N2 - Perceptual centering and decentering, or internal versus external locus of perception, was studied as a function of individual differences in cognitive style, locus of control, and approval motivation (defensiveness?), with adolescent male Ss. Locus of perception was operationalized as the S’s responses to discrete tactile stimulation using a new technique to infer an internal versus external orientation. Locus of perception as measured was found to be a significant function of all three individual difference variables [multiple correlation R =.70 (p <.05)]. Implications for theoretical analyses of processes of centering and decentering were suggested.
AB - Perceptual centering and decentering, or internal versus external locus of perception, was studied as a function of individual differences in cognitive style, locus of control, and approval motivation (defensiveness?), with adolescent male Ss. Locus of perception was operationalized as the S’s responses to discrete tactile stimulation using a new technique to infer an internal versus external orientation. Locus of perception as measured was found to be a significant function of all three individual difference variables [multiple correlation R =.70 (p <.05)]. Implications for theoretical analyses of processes of centering and decentering were suggested.
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U2 - 10.1080/00223980.1973.9915640
DO - 10.1080/00223980.1973.9915640
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C2 - 4705728
AN - SCOPUS:84950945444
SN - 0022-3980
VL - 84
SP - 133
EP - 136
JO - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
JF - Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
IS - 1
ER -