The purpose of the study was to examine the responses of children demonstrating the Type A and Type B behavior patterns to ambiguous and specific directions in an art activity. Preliminary studies in the field indicated that Type A behaviors may be elicited by exposure to ambiguous performance standards. / The sample was drawn from fifth-grade students in the public school system of Grady County, Georgia. The 214 fifth-grade students were rated as Type A or Type B by their mathematics teachers. Ten children, five As and five Bs, were selected from each of eight mathematics classes. The final sample consisted of 80 children: 40 As and 40 Bs. / There were four independent measures for each child. One was the Type A/B score (MYTH; Matthews & Angulo, 1980). The second was a peer popularity rating, derived from a sociometric technique. In addition, each child in the sample responded to Plomin's Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, Impulsivity Survey (EASI; Plomin, 1974) and Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT; Kagan et al., 1964). / The dependent measure was an observation schedule that was constructed following a pilot of the activity. Observed behaviors were categorized, with five categories of the Type A behavior pattern identified: time urgency, achievement orientation, aggressive-hostility, tension, and perfectionism. Scores were totals of the number of occurrences of behaviors in each of the five characters. Scores on the five categories were summed for a total score. / The children were observed in two separate situations. In one situation, the children made a paper airplane after ambiguous directions were given. In the second, the children were required to make a paper airplane according to specific directions. / The responses of the Type A and Type B children to both specific and ambiguous directions were observed. There was no difference in the responses of the Type A children to the two sets of directions; however, the Type B exhibited significantly more Type A behaviors in the ambiguous directions condition than in the specific directions condition. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-07, Section: B, page: 2796. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74583 |
| Contributors | HOGELAND, ELIZABETH JEAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 164 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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