Female social science Ss evaluating concepts on a semantic differential restricted judgments on the evaluative scale and this inhibition generalized to other dimensions. Although the method is usually held to be relatively free from bias, caution may be necessary in using results from a differential when Ss are selected from a special background as in the present case where Ss had been restrained from making value judgments when dealing with social issues.
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