Citation

Wrightsman LS, Noble FC. Psychol. Rep. 1965; 16(1): 159-162.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1965, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/pr0.1965.16.1.159

PMID

14283952

Abstract

30 college students who had answered the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale 14 mo. earlier retook the scale, along with a questionnaire assessing reactions to the President's death. Those Ss who agreed with Kennedy's policies and who felt a “great personal loss” showed less favorable views of human nature at the time of the post-assassination testing. Those less in agreement and less concerned showed no such change. Followup testing 3 mo. after the first retesting indicated that the disillusionment with human nature was apparently a temporary one.

Language: en