Sex Differences and the Relationships between Certain Personality Variables
Sex differences on psychological dimensions and relationships between personality variables are of frequent interest. The findings reported here were of supplementary interest to the principal findings of the original investigation which has been reported elsewhere ( 3 ). METHOD The participants consisted of 102 freshman and sophomore students enrolled in the general psychology course at Stanford during the spring quarter of 1955. 5 2 of these Ss were males. Ss were individuals of high intelligence, Caucasian with religious affiliations that were mainly Protestant, and tended to come from families of high socioeconomic status. Measures were obtained on the personality variables by having Ss, during 2 1-hr. group sessions, complete these questionnaire measures in .the following order: one in hostility, the Anti-Semitic ( A-S) Scale ( 1 ) , a rating scale of S s feeling of intensity concerning his opinions about Jews, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale ( 7 ) , the California Authoritarian (E-F) Scale (1, 2 ) , and a biographical data sheet. Ss were told the study concerned their attitudes and opinions about themselves and others. They were encouraged to respond honestly. Questionnaires were coded to aid Ss in feeling anonymous.