An Exploration of Classroom Seating As a Function of Various Personality Traits.

Autor/inn/en	Zanni, Guido R.; und weitere
Titel	An Exploration of Classroom Seating As a Function of Various Personality Traits.
Quelle	(1978), (10 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Classroom Environment; Distance; Group Dynamics; Higher Education; Individual Characteristics; Interaction; Personality; Personality Traits; Psychological Patterns; Research Projects; Self Concept; Space Orientation; Undergraduate Students; Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Distanz; Entfernung; Gruppendynamik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interaktion; Personalität; Individual characteristics; Forschungsvorhaben; Selbstkonzept; Räumliche Orientierung
Abstract	The relationship between classroom seating preference and personality was explored. Subjects were 81 undergraduate students. Using the same 32-seat classroom, four classes were tested. Students were administered Cattell's 16 PF followed by another questionnaire which contained a diagram of the classroom, and students were asked to indicate their occupied seat. If the occupied seat was not the preferred seat, students were also asked to indicate the preferred seat. Each seat was assigned a zone of participation (ZP) value. Using a Spearman rank-order correlation statistic, ZP values and row choices were correlated with Cattell's Primary and Second Order Factors. Results indicate that row choice was related to extroversion, tough poise, shrewdness, dominance, and ego strength. Also, students sitting toward the center differed on ego strength, guilt-proneness, and anxiety, relative to students sitting away from the center. (Author/JLL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC