Abstract
In a study of the contaminating effects of interpersonal attraction on decision-making 104 undergraduate males made parole recommendations for fictitious convicts. Two levels of four factors (severity of crime committed, rehabilitation officer's recommendation for parole, interpersonal attraction, and subject's authoritarianism) were employed in a factorial design. Results of multivariate analysis of variance indicated that severity of crime committed, officer's recommendation, and subject's authoritarianism directly affected the parole recommendations made by the subjects. Also significant was a three-way interaction (severity × recommendation × authoritarianism). Contrary to previous findings, interpersonal attraction induced through differing levels of proportion of similar attitudes did not have a significant effect on recommendations for parole.
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