Authoritarianism and Time as Influences on Decision Making. Final Report.

Autor/in	Traylor, Elwood B.
Institution	Wichita State Univ., KS. Coll. of Education.
Titel	Authoritarianism and Time as Influences on Decision Making. Final Report.
Quelle	(1969), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Authoritarianism; Decision Making; Education Majors; Logical Thinking; Programed Instruction; Teacher Attitudes; Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autoritarismus; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This study examined the decision-making process of prospective teachers to determine to what extent authoritarianism influences decisions about the validity of categorical syllogisms with attitudinally relevant conclusions. The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) and the California F Scale were administered to 100 education students to determine attitudes and degree of authoritarianism. Then selected statements from the MTIA were used as conclusions for syllogisms constructed for the Syllogism Test, which was administered before and after programed instruction in judging the validity of conclusions. Findings indicated that subjects high in authoritarianism make more attitude errors in reasoning. Programed instruction reduces attitude errors in reasoning for both high and low authoritarians, with the reduction being significantly greater for high authoritarians. These findings have implications for developing self-awareness of the part of the teacher in order to provide a logical rather than emotional response to difficult classroom situations. (RT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01