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Furthermore, the higher the motive for maintenance, the more they attribute to good reason.
3118.111 Factors influencing causal attribution of others behavior(1) The effect of attachment to
parents, Tomomi Niwa, Kuniko Takagi, Nagoya University, Japan
The aim of the present study is to examine the characteristics of causal attribution for interpersonal
conflict situations with an undesirable person arising from the features of attachment to parents.
Four hypothetical situations about interpersonal conflicts are described, and 368 undergraduates
were asked to rate the likelihood of four probable causes for them. The main results are as follows:
Those high on anxiety to attachment attributed more to internal causes on three situations than
those scoring low. On the other hand, those high on avoidant to attachment attributed less to
internal causes on one situation than those scoring low.
3118.112 The buffering effects of acquired social skills on college life anxiety in Japanese
freshmen at university, Takashi Nishimura, University of East Asia, Japan
The present study investigated the buffering effects of acquired social skills on college life anxiety
in Japanese freshmen at university. Ninety-six freshmen at university completed the questionnaire
including the scale of the frequency of negative life events, the scale of social skill, and the scale
of college life anxiety scale. The results, consistent with the hypotheses and prior researches,
showed the buffering effects of acquired social skills on college life anxiety. The author discusses
the relationship between the acquirement of social skills and social support.
3118.113 Is extroversion a “desirable” trait? Kunio Midzuno, Seisen University, Japan
While it is widely believed that extroversion is a "desirable" personality trait, several studies have
shown that this is not always the case. In this study of the relative "desirableness" of extroversion,
each subject was asked to recall a friend and to rate this person's perceived personality traits and
affective attitudes toward him or her. Results showed that extroversion, while it was correlated
with other personality traits, did not have a strong direct effect on forming favorable attitudes.
Another trait, agreeableness, had a much more direct formative effect on someone's
"desirableness".
3118.114 Is beauty but skin deep? Chisato Takahashi, Shigehito Tanida, Toshio Yamagishi,
Hokkaido University, Japan
The purpose of this study is to examine how physical attractiveness affects behavior in social
exchange. We took facial pictures of participants who played a one-shot prisoner's dilemma (PD).
Then these facial pictures were shown to judges who did not participate in the PD. then judges
rated "physical attractiveness" of these facial pictures. We analyzed how the average physical
attractiveness scores of the pictures are related to the actual behavior of the photographed person
in the PD. Result indicated that less attractive males (those whose facial pictures were rated less
attractive) cooperated more frequently than more attractive males.
3118.115 Do people tolerate unintended inequity? Respondent’s rejection in a truncated ultimatum
game, Yu Ohmura, Toshio Yamagishi, Hokkaido University, Japan
We examined if people reject an unfair allocation of resources when the allocation outcome does
not reflect the allocator’s intention. For this purpose, we used a truncated ultimatum game in
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