David E Silber

Biographic Data

ID5380720
NAMEDavid E Silber
GIVEN NAMESDavid E
FAMILY NAMESilber
SIGNATURESILBER D E
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Washington University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
H-INDEX1

  • Assessing the Validity of the Semantic Differential Portion of the Apperceptive Personality Test

    Open AccessDavid J Palmiter, David E SilberARTICLEPsychological Reports2001

    This study investigated the validity of the semantic differential portion of the Apperceptive Personality Test with 225 undergraduates who completed the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale, actual-self and ideal-self semantic differential scales (e.g., Actual-self and ideal-self), and either the Apperceptive Personality Test or a modified version. A projected-self score was calculated using the semantic differential ratings of the hero(ine) …

  • Word-Association Patterns of Mental Hospital Patients

    Open AccessElaine J Klionsky, Judy B Okawa et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1998

    The present study concerned an attempt to corroborate the classic findings of Rapaport, Gill, and Schafer in distinguishing mental hospital patients from control subjects, using a new objectively scored word-association test. 12 computer-scored objective scales were used to compare groups of 101 mental hospital inpatients (n = 75, including 37 on a prison ward) and outpatients (n = 26) and 101 control subjects matched with the patients for sex, a…

  • The Adult Personality of Childhood Incest Victims

    Open AccessTracey L Waldman, David E Silber et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1997

    This is a further report on a group of 30 incest survivors we wrote about in 1994. Here, we report on measures of personality derived from the Apperceptive Personality Test, which contains many variables similar to those on the one we reported in 1994. On both measures, incest survivors can be characterized as having more negative perceptions and self-descriptions than the comparison group

  • Relationship between the Apperceptive Personality Test and Verbal Intelligence in a University Sample

    Open AccessRobert W Holmstrom, Stephen A Karp et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1993

    This study examined the relationship between verbal intelligence and the Apperceptive Personality Test/Brief Adult in a university sample. The recently developed test is a picture-story assessment technique and, as with its parent test, the Apperceptive Personality Test/Comprehensive Adult, combines both projective and objective features. Research to date with both tests has focused on some 19 (objectively scored) questionnaire variables selected…

  • The Apperceptive Personality Test and Locus of Control

    Open AccessRobert W Holmstrom, Stephen A Karp et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1991

    This study examined the relationship between the Apperceptive Personality Test (APT) and Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) Scale. These scales were administered to 131 undergraduates (83 women, 48 men) and a stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed with Rotter's I-E scores as the criterion variable and 20 APT variables as predictors. The results provided some support for modest but significant relationships between two …

  • Validity of the Megargee-Bohn MMPI Typology with Women Incarcerated in a State Prison

    Open AccessLynda B Smith, David E Silber et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1988

    This report describes a study of the validity of typing inmates from their MMPI scores using the system developed by Megargee and Bohn. The subjects were female inmates of a state prison. The typology was not a strong predictor of either current or subsequent prison behaviors as derived from inmate records. When the various types were ordered for degree of deviance, however, the resulting validity of the typology appeared to increase. As currentl…

  • Controversy concerning the criminal justice system and its implications for the role of mental health workers

    David E SilberARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1974Cited by: 2References: 1

  • Comparison of Two Administration Times for the Remote Associates Test

    Open AccessMartha T Mednick, David E SilberARTICLEPsychological Reports1970

    Mednick and Halpern (1969) studied the effects of rwo administration times on Remote Associates Test (RAT) performance of graduate students. It was found that a reduced time limit on the RAT lowered the degree of correlation with the Miller Analogies Test, even though the correlation of students' scores on the short and long versions was high (Pearson T = .866, N of 26) . Thus, while test performance in the first 30 min. was highly related to wha…

  • The Informational Basis of Judged Complexity

    John P Houston, Bertram E Garskof et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of General Psychology1965