Nonverbal Rigidity and Perseveration

Breskin, Stephen; Gorman, Bernard S.; Hochman, Sidney H.

doi:10.1080/00223980.1970.9923753

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“…Positioned in such a way that their upper arm was perpendicular to the floor with only their palm touching the table, participants were instructed to press on the foam rubber until they could feel the table. Participants were instructed to maintain the exerted pressure for 8 seconds during which stimuli from the BRT were projected onto a screen and were judged (Breskin, 1968; Breskin et al, 1970). Immediately following the eight-second flexion or extension, they had to note down their judgment in a booklet using a different page for each stimulus.…”

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“…Because the flexibility notion is usually connected to different mechanisms and methods of measurement, in Study 1, we tested the effects of unilateral motor behaviors on flexible functioning assessed with a perceptual rigidity measure (the Breskin Rigidity Test [BRT]; Breskin, 1968; Breskin, Gorman, & Hochman, 1970). The BRT is considered an online measure because it is performed at the same time as the motor behaviors.…”

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Influence of peripheral and motivational cues on rigid–flexible functioning: Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive aspects.

Cretenet¹,

Dru²

2009

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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Recent research has shown that performing approach versus avoidance behaviors (arm flexion vs. extension) effectively influences cognitive functioning. In another area, lateralized peripheral activations (left vs. right side) of the motivational systems of approach versus avoidance were linked to various performances in cognitive tasks. By combining these 2 avenues of research, the influence of motor behaviors on flexible thinking was examined through the use of lateralized approach or/and avoidance behaviors. In 5 experiments reported in this article, a combination of the laterality and arm flexion versus extension variables successfully determined flexibility-rigidity functioning, consistent with the motor congruence hypothesis (J. Cretenet & V. Dru, 2004). Through these experiments, this result has been replicated with perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive aspects of flexibility, contributing to a better understanding of the relationships between bodily components, affect, and cognition.

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Influence of peripheral and motivational cues on rigid–flexible functioning: Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive aspects.

Cretenet¹,

Dru²

2009

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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“…It is an interesting finding that has never been directly cross-validated. Studies of a somewhat related nature, however, that used measures such as the Breskin nonverbal test of rigidity to explore correlates of perceptual rigidity have been reported (e.g., Breskin, 1968;Breskin, Gorman, & Hochman, 1970;Primavera, Simon, & Hochman, 1974).…”

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Obsessive-compulsive personality: A review.

Pollak

1979

Psychological Bulletin

104

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A review of the term obsessive-compulsive personality (or anal character) is presented. Statistical studies of obsessive-compulsive personality conducted over approximately the last two decades are then reviewed, emphasizing the extent to which they support theory, clinical observation, and description. Evidence is still needed on precise etiological determinants, and persuasive evidence in favor of classical psychoanalytic theories about etiology is lacking. Empirically based findings to date, however, are congruent with clinical observation, description, and prediction regarding the salient behavioral characteristics and character styles of obsessive-compulsive individuals.The obsessive-compulsive personality or anal character, as it is sometimes termed, came under close scrutiny by Freud and his colleagues (

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“…Ironically, Mythili and Devi (1982) found the opposite in their sample of college students: the expected inverse relationship to the F scale but not to MMPI Scale 7. Breskin, Gorman, and Hochman (1970) could not relate scores on the Questionnaire to their own test of rigidity, but in samples of college students, the Questionnaire scores were related positively to a measure of "security" (Ramamurti & Granakannan, 1972) and negatively to measures of perfectionism (Ferrari & Mautz, 1997) and "restraint" (Reiter, 1976). Among workers, the Questionnaire correlated positively with job status (de Frias & Schaie, 2001), with job satisfaction (Mahindra, 1996), and with self-reported autonomy, freedom, and innovation (de Frias & Schaie, 2001), but negatively with self-reported job "pressure" (Mahindra, 1996).…”

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Response Frequency and Exner's Active-Passive Ratio as Rorschach Indicators of Flexibility

McCloskey

2010

Percept Mot Skills

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Among 75 college students, response frequency from the Rorschach correlated significantly at .21 with Alternate Uses and at .20 with Match Problems (measures of divergent thinking), but not significantly (r = .07) with the Questionnaire (a self-report measure of flexibility) from the Test of Behavioral Rigidity. Contrary to hypothesis, the Active-Passive Movement Ratio from the Comprehensive System did not correlate significantly with any of these tests (r = .04-.11). Whereas Response Frequency can be seen as another reflection of ideational fluency or productivity, as long has been speculated, the conceptual and empirical links between flexibility and the ratio of active to passive movement are dubious.

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Nonverbal Rigidity and Perseveration

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Influence of peripheral and motivational cues on rigid–flexible functioning: Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive aspects.

Influence of peripheral and motivational cues on rigid–flexible functioning: Perceptual, behavioral, and cognitive aspects.

Obsessive-compulsive personality: A review.

Response Frequency and Exner's Active-Passive Ratio as Rorschach Indicators of Flexibility

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