The response-speed (covertly timed) of 30 Ss on a simple printing task under unstressful conditions was correlated with their Maudsley Personality Inventory extraversion scores, Manifest Anxiety Scale scores, and need-achievement scores from the Edwards Personality Preference Schedule. Extraversion correlated –.42 (p < .02) with log speed, the MAS correlated .11 and need-achievement –.20 (both nonsignificant).
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