Need for Approval and the Components of the Aso Score 1

Abstract

On the basis of different implications of the concept, need for approval, for the ratings which make up the assumed-similarity-between-opposites score, two hypotheses were developed. The first posited that the high need-for-approval person would inhibit derogatory ratings of his least-preferred coworker and predicted that these ratings and ratings of the most-preferred coworker would converge with increasing need for approval. The second assumed that high need-for-approval subjects would be attuned to the demands of the test situation and try to discriminate more widely between most- and least-preferred co-workers; it predicted diverging ratings with increases in need for approval. Regression analysis provided tentative support for the second hypothesis.