Open AccessA NOTE ON SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE STYLE AND LEARNING
Author(s) -
Stricker Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1962.tb00294.x
Subject(s) - psychology , style (visual arts) , recall , social desirability , reinterpretation , nonsense , social psychology , personality , anxiety , social learning , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , pedagogy , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , archaeology , psychiatry , gene , acoustics , history
In Brown's study of the learning of personality items which were paired with nonsense syllables, a major finding was that social desirability response style was related to learning measures for women but not men. A reanalysis of these results found that social desirability response style was related to delayed recall for both men and women, and confidence and immediate recall for women only. It was not related to trials to mastery, learning time, and blockings. It was concluded that this study partially supports Edwards' social desirability response style reinterpretation of studies of anxiety and learning, but that many previous studies do not.