Comparison Of Isolation Effects And Their Personality Correlates In Two Divergent Samples

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Title
Comparison Of Isolation Effects And Their Personality Correlates In Two Divergent Samples
Date
1961
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Report Number
ASD TR 61-417
Creator
Goldberger, Leo
Holt, Robert R.
Corporate Author
New York Univ NY Research Center For Mental Health
Laboratory
Aerospace Medical Laboratory
Extent
52
Identifier
AD0268172
Access Rights
OTS
Distribution Classification
1
Contract
AF 33(616)-6103
DoD Project
7222
DoD Task
71745
DTIC Record Exists
No
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None
Date Modified
Scanned by request 4/11/2007 submitted by a Private Citizen (No Known Affiliation)
Abstract
Findings are reported from a pair of replicated studies using male subjects and conditions of perceptual isolation (sensory deprivation) similar to those used in the McGill studies. The first group consisted of 14 undergraduates; the second group consisted of 16 unemployed actors. All subjects were put through an intensive multiform assessment, including a battery of objectively scorable tests, plus qualitative data from projective techniques, interview, and autobiography. Reactions to the altered sensory environment, which the subjects experienced for 8 hours, were judged from the typed protocols of their verbalizations during the period of confinement. In all, 14 dependent variables were derived from the protocols. These were then intercorrelated, and both the individual variables and their syndromes were related to the variables from the personality assessment. First the general group phenomena, then the patterns of correlations are discussed, with the special emphasis on those that were replicated. Implications for space flight are discussed in terms of the nature of the sensory alteration involved and other specific aspects of the experiment.
Report Availability
Full text available
Date Issued
1961-08
Provenance
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
Type
report
Format
1 online resource
Media
ASDTR61-417.pdf