An Experimental Method for Improving Interpersonal Understanding

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ID13658369
AuthorsCharles A Dailey (Radet Corporation, Kansas City, corresponding author)
Year1963
Volume13
Issue1
Pages240-240
Publication date1963-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1963.13.1.240
OpenAlexW2330081077
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Knowledge of the way human Ss process data about one another was the subject of this research project. The particular series of experiments treated here were directed to answer two questions. Does S learn another person in the sense of making increasingly accurate predictions of the other person's behavior as he receives increasing amounts of information about that person? Is there a generalization of this prediction skill of S from one person to the next? The method of investigation was the The programmed case was a life history divided into segments or events. The case was presented, one event ar a time, to S, and S was required to forecast the next or following event. S made a prediction by discriminating as to which of three possible events would occur. Then he was informed as to which of the three events did in fact occur. Thus S accumulated information about the person in the case. The accuracy of his forecasts was tabulated , for the case as a whole

Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Generalization · Interpersonal communication · Process (computing · Subject (documents · Artificial Intelligence · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology

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