18 words were selected from the list compiled by Dixon and Dixon (1964). It was hypothesized that 16 male and 20 female freshman Ss would verbalize fewer “bad” than “good” impression-value verbs when an equal number of each were available. Using the Grosser and Walsh (1966) method, each S individually viewed the stimuli presented on a screen. Immediate recall scores for female Ss did not support the hypothesis (p > .90), but for males, there was a trend toward greater recall of “bad” words (p = .10). Other trends similar to the Grosser and Walsh findings are discussed.
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