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It was found that E prestige interacted with sex of S to significantly affect performance. Several of the pictures used in the person-perception task were also found to be consistently rated as depicting success or failure. Questions are raised concerning the psychometric soundness of both the PRS and the person-perception task. Implications for future research are indicated with the need for replication studies emphasized."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Relationship of Subjects' Preexperiment Attitudes Toward Psychology and Experimenter Prestige"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:creator":["Quick, Sam"],"dc:description.abstract":["A study is reported which examines the effects of Ss attitudes toward psychological research as measured by the Psychology Research Survey (PRS) (high or low), apparent E prestige (high, medium, or low), and sex of 13 on ratings of success and failure given in Rosenthal's person-perception task. 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