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Peer reviewedRapoport, Amnon; Kahan, James P. – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1976
Four models of coalition formation are tested in a computer-controlled experiment in which three players negotiated to form coalitions in order to gain rewards for themselves. Various measures of the progress of negotiations are introduced, examined, and discussed. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Definitions, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Games
Peer reviewedCooper, Joel – American Psychologist, 1976
Discusses the question of appropriate research methodologies for social psychology research, casting "involved participation" and role enactment as contrasting methodologies, with deception used in either case where necessary. Involved participation is considered to be more flexible and more suited for the testing of hypotheses whereas role…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Participation
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Wortman, Camille B. – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1976
The experiment tested the hypothesis that the stress experienced by a person who is unable to control aversive stimulation is not a function of lack of control per se, but of the attribution of causality that one makes for failure to exert control. (Editor)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Helplessness, Hypothesis Testing
