| Summary: | Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis === The effects of training in halo reduction on cognitively complex and noncomplex individuals were studied. Three main hypotheses were tested: 1) There would be a significant negative relationship between cognitive complexity and halo. 2) Training would significantly reduce halo. 3) Training would significantly reduce the amount of halo in the ratings of cognitively noncomplex individuals, but not in the ratings of complex individuals. Forty undergraduate students were given a cognitive complexity test, and high and low complexity gourps were identified. Subjects were randomly assigned to either the Training of the No-Training condition. The training groups participated in a lecture-discussion session aimed at rating improvement. The No-Training groups worked on a Sentence-Completion exercies. All subjects viewed a videotaped discussion and rated two discussion participants. The relationship between halo and complexity was not significant for either of the ratees; however, for one ratee, the results were in the expected negative direction (the product moment correlation coefficient between the rating variance and complexity was .3987, .05<p<.09). Training significantly reduced halo for both of the ratees. No significant interaction effect between training and complexity was found. Possible explanations for not receiving support for two of the hypotheses were suggested. === Thesis (M.S.) - Florida Technological University.; Bibliography: leaves [42]-46. === M.S. === Masters === Social Sciences === Industrial Psychology === 46 p. === v., 46 l. ; 28 cm.
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