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The experiment studied the interaction between sex of Ss and sex of similarly and dissimilarly perceived confederates in assigning rewards and punishments to confederates. Two male and 2 female confederates were introduced to male and female Ss as applicants for graduate teaching assistants. Ss and confederates were administered 4 personality tests. Ss were instructed to nominate on the basis of personality inferences, 2 candidates, one for the teaching position (reward) and one for an “errand-boy's” position (punishment). Thus, the experiment was presented as a test of Ss' accuracy in person perception. The experimental manipulation involved rigging Ss' personality test results to make confederates appear either similar or dissimilar to S. Ss' mean scores for rewards and punishments suggest that females punish other women more than men. The hypothesis of a significant interaction between sex of Ss, sex of confederates and similarity-dissimilarity was also supported.

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Sex Differences in Reward and Punishment of Confederates Perceived to Be Similar or Dissimilar

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