Twelve Angry Men

Abstract

In a series of management training laboratories, a sentence completion film reaction test was developed to detect sensitivity to interpersonal phenomena. The examination has a test-retest reliability of 71. Performance on the test is significantly increased as a consequence of a management training laboratory. The scores match opinions of peers and staff psychologists' appraisals. Sensitivity scores correlate significantly with influence in small group discussions, but not necessarily with job status in one's organization. Young engineers appear to earn particularly low scores. Sensitivity scores seem to bear little relation to whether the individual is self-, interaction-, or task-oriented in groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)