Is Self-Perception Predictable? - Some Laboratory Results -

Authors

  • Richard E. Dutton

Abstract

People work hard at trying to find out who they are and the task seems forever incomplete. Yet, some characteristics appear frequently enough within our culture to have a degree of predictability. The short survey which forms the basis for this paper was administered to a large number of undergraduate management students (c55) over a long period of time (January 1970 to January 1979). When comparing the profile for the nine-year period to one for a shorter time period, the stability of results is striking. Means and standard deviations for each survey item have been developed, and thus, others can use the same survey to discover the predictability of their own samples.

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Published

1980-03-13