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The relationship between sphere dominance and nonpathological behavior with a further examination of the somato‐affective sphere
Author(s) -
Feinman Jeffrey M.,
Fine Harold J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<959::aid-jclp2270330408>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , dominance (genetics) , social psychology , developmental psychology , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Studied individuals who manifested a sphere dominance of either „motoric,” „somato‐affective,” or „ideational” by identifying, respectively, commensurate social role orientations of „turning against others,” „turning against the self,” and „avoidance of others.” Sixty undergraduates were seleted from a larger group of 450 via a screening device. S s who manifested psychopathology were discarded, and smaller groups of 5 each were formed (ages ranged from 18 to 24). These groups were: motoric males, motoric females, somato‐affective males, somato‐affective females, ideational males and ideational females. All groups were given a Rorschach, which was scored genetically, as well as an intelligence test. The results indicate that the fifferent spheres of dominance can be observed in normal people by genetic Rorschach interpretation. Individuals who manifest the somato‐affective sphere were seen as developmentally inferior to the ideational sphere, as was that of the motoric sphere. No relationship was found between intelligence and genetic scores.