Summary One hundred and four male and female subjects predicted the likelihood that groups or individuals would act in a manner consistent with their past actions. Predictions were made for 20 hypothetical situations. With both within-subject and between-subject analyses, the hypothesis that more stability would be attributed to groups than to individuals was confirmed. Social learning, attributional, and balance theory explanations were proposed. Unexpectedly, females perceived less stability in either groups or individuals than did males in three separate analyses.
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Lindskold et al. (1974) studied this question.