Using the AVA, 93 Indian graduate students were asked to give their perceptions of Mahatma Ghandi and Abraham Lincoln. The median congruence coefficient was found to be .73. Ss perceived them both as possessing an affinity to be attracted to people. However, the consensual perception of Lincoln tended to reflect more temperamental and less stable attitudes in social activity than that of Ghandi.
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