Peter B Warr
Biographic Data
| ID | 384866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter B Warr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter B |
| FAMILY NAME | Warr |
| SIGNATURE | WARR P B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, approach-affect and avoidance-affect
This paper brings together Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and other perspectives on wellbeing to test predictions about dimensions of affect which are linked to approach motivation or avoidance motivation. Valence and activation are jointly conceptualised as either approach-affect or avoidance-affect through the diagonal axes of an affective circumplex. Across four studies in three different countries, predictions about Reinforcement Sensitivit…
The Experience of Work
On the independence of positive and negative affect
Pollyanna's personal judgments
The Pollyanna hypothesis is extended into the field of intertrait inference to predict that inferential thresholds for positively evaluated characteristics will be lower than those for negatively evaluated characteristics. This prediction is confirmed, and is shown to have important implications for models of inference rules. Data from several studies are analysed to reveal that the Pollyanna threshold effect is reliably greater for women than fo…
Combining information about people
The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale
(1969). The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 109-129
A Note on the Factorial Nature of the F and D Scales
The suggestion that authoritarianism and dogmatism are separate constructs is examined by several factor‐analytic techniques. Two studies are described in which item–item correlation matrices are factored to determine whether systematic patterns of D and F items are observed. Results provide strong support for Kerlinger & Rokeach's (1966) view that the two constructs are factorially discriminable. Details of the consistently obtained factor struc…
A Serial Position Effect in the Preparation of Abstracts
Two experiments are reported which were designed to increase understanding of the process of abstracting from complex verbal passages. The experiments test three hypotheses : that a primacy effect will be observed (H1), that this effect will be more pronounced in the case of subjects who have little interest in the passage to be summarized (H2), and that interest in the passage will be positively related to the amount of material abstracted (H3).…
A study of cojudgment processes
A Content Analysis of the English National Daily Press
The Effect of Position and Layout On the Readership of News Items
In an experiment using four systematically varied versions of a news paper page, the authors find evidence to show how readership of an item is related to size of headline, size and layout of item, and the item's position on the page
Repetition and Verbal Learning
An analysis is developed of the possible consequences of presenting for learning an item amongst others in a list, and a hypothesis is generated about the factors determining which of these outcomes will occur. A technique for measuring the effect of repetition is described and discussed. Two experiments are reported which test predictions about the manner in which task difficulty mediates the effect of repeated presentation. The results appear t…
The Relative Importance of Proactive Inhibition and Degree of Learning in Retention of Paired Associate Items
It has been reported that recall scores tend to decline with increasing numbers of lists learned. This has been attributed to proactive inhibition from the earlier lists. Two experiments are reported which test the hypothesis that this variation in recall score is more dependent on variations in mean degree of learning of items. This more economic explanation is supported by the findings, but analysis of the data indicates that a second factor pl…
On the independence of positive and negative affect
The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale
(1969). The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 109-129
The Experience of Work
Pollyanna's personal judgments
The Pollyanna hypothesis is extended into the field of intertrait inference to predict that inferential thresholds for positively evaluated characteristics will be lower than those for negatively evaluated characteristics. This prediction is confirmed, and is shown to have important implications for models of inference rules. Data from several studies are analysed to reveal that the Pollyanna threshold effect is reliably greater for women than fo…
Combining information about people
A Content Analysis of the English National Daily Press
The Effect of Position and Layout On the Readership of News Items
In an experiment using four systematically varied versions of a news paper page, the authors find evidence to show how readership of an item is related to size of headline, size and layout of item, and the item's position on the page
The Relative Importance of Proactive Inhibition and Degree of Learning in Retention of Paired Associate Items
It has been reported that recall scores tend to decline with increasing numbers of lists learned. This has been attributed to proactive inhibition from the earlier lists. Two experiments are reported which test the hypothesis that this variation in recall score is more dependent on variations in mean degree of learning of items. This more economic explanation is supported by the findings, but analysis of the data indicates that a second factor pl…
A study of cojudgment processes
A Content Analysis of the English National Daily Press
The Effect of Position and Layout On the Readership of News Items
In an experiment using four systematically varied versions of a news paper page, the authors find evidence to show how readership of an item is related to size of headline, size and layout of item, and the item's position on the page
Repetition and Verbal Learning
An analysis is developed of the possible consequences of presenting for learning an item amongst others in a list, and a hypothesis is generated about the factors determining which of these outcomes will occur. A technique for measuring the effect of repetition is described and discussed. Two experiments are reported which test predictions about the manner in which task difficulty mediates the effect of repeated presentation. The results appear t…
A Serial Position Effect in the Preparation of Abstracts
Two experiments are reported which were designed to increase understanding of the process of abstracting from complex verbal passages. The experiments test three hypotheses : that a primacy effect will be observed (H1), that this effect will be more pronounced in the case of subjects who have little interest in the passage to be summarized (H2), and that interest in the passage will be positively related to the amount of material abstracted (H3).…
The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale
(1969). The Development and Standardization of a Balanced F-Scale. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 109-129
A Note on the Factorial Nature of the F and D Scales
The suggestion that authoritarianism and dogmatism are separate constructs is examined by several factor‐analytic techniques. Two studies are described in which item–item correlation matrices are factored to determine whether systematic patterns of D and F items are observed. Results provide strong support for Kerlinger & Rokeach's (1966) view that the two constructs are factorially discriminable. Details of the consistently obtained factor struc…
Combining information about people
Pollyanna's personal judgments
The Pollyanna hypothesis is extended into the field of intertrait inference to predict that inferential thresholds for positively evaluated characteristics will be lower than those for negatively evaluated characteristics. This prediction is confirmed, and is shown to have important implications for models of inference rules. Data from several studies are analysed to reveal that the Pollyanna threshold effect is reliably greater for women than fo…
The Experience of Work
On the independence of positive and negative affect
Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, approach-affect and avoidance-affect
This paper brings together Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and other perspectives on wellbeing to test predictions about dimensions of affect which are linked to approach motivation or avoidance motivation. Valence and activation are jointly conceptualised as either approach-affect or avoidance-affect through the diagonal axes of an affective circumplex. Across four studies in three different countries, predictions about Reinforcement Sensitivit…
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