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Family Interaction as a Function of Experimental Task
Author(s) -
JACOB THEODORE,
DAVIS JOHN
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1973.00415.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychology , set (abstract data type) , function (biology) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , biology , engineering , evolutionary biology , systems engineering , programming language
To assess consistency family interaction across different experimental tasks, the present study evaluated family patterns of talking and interrupting, as elicited from discussions of a Plan Something Together Task, a set of TAT cards, and an Unrevealed Difference Questionnaire. With few exceptions, data analyses indicated that such family patterns are not altered significantly as a function of experimental tasks and, therefore, suggest considerable interactional stability across differing contexts. Characteristics of the present study (as well as related investigations of task effects) are discussed in terms of implications for future research efforts.