Originality Responses in Academically Talented Male University Freshmen

Abstract

10 Ss in an Original group received significantly higher scores than the 10 Non-original Ss on certain scales of personality inventories. One possible interpretation of these scores would be that the Original group is “dominant,” “intuitive,” “perceptive,” “impulsive,” “self-centered,” “self-accepting,” with a “tolerance for complexity.” The Non-original group, on the other hand, received significantly higher scores on scales which measure “tolerance for others,” “self-control,” and “masculinity.” Rather interesting differences between the responses of these Original Ss and those of “Original” Ss in previous studies were found on the scales used to measure “introversion,” “theoretical,” and “economic” constructs.