EVALUATION OF SEARCH ACTIVITY AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDES IN INDEFINITE SITUATIONS

A semiprojective test. (BASE) combining principles of both projective tests and personality questionnaires was developed for the estimation of search activity, renunciation of search, stereotyped behavior and c haotic behavior. A pilot study with three groups of high school studen ts was performed, using BASE and the questionnaire CASQ which evaluate s the level of optimism. Group I contained 60 new immigrants with high social adjustment, Group II contained 57 new immigrants with low soci al adjustment, and a Control group contained 48 students of a Moscow s chool. Attitude toward search activity predominated in group I and was the lowest in group II, while renunciation of search was the lowest i n group II, while renunciation of search was the most noticeable in gr oup II and the lowest in group I. BASE discriminated both groups bette r than CASQ.