Analysis of changes in responses of students on Dogmatism and World-mindedness scales over an interval of 18 mo. supports the hypotheses that the students have developed a new response-set. This is indicated by the increased frequency of disagreement rather than agreement with items on these scales, i.e., there is a tendency to become more “disagreeable.” This increased tendency to disagree, after a sojourn at the University, appears to occur regardless of the content or direction of the items of the attitude scales.
References
1.
BartonA. H.College of Education—a methodological examination of “changing values in college.”New Haven: Hazen Bound., 1959.
2.
NewcombT. M.Personality and social change. New York: Dryden, 1957.
3.
RokeachM.The open and closed mind. New York: Basic Books, 1960.
4.
SampsonD. L.SmithH. P.A scale to measure world-minded attitudes. Journal of Social Psychology, 1957, 45, 99–106.
5.
WebsterH.FreedmanM.HeistP.Personality changes in college students. In SanfordN. (Ed.), The American college. New York: Wiley, 1962. Pp. 805–846.
