PERSONAL BELIEFS SCALE REDUX - A MODEL FOR HYPOTHESIS-TESTING

Data obtained from the Personal Beliefs Scale of Embree and Embree wer e used to develop an analysis of variance model for mind-body belief w hich emphasized a distinction between ''conventional'' and ''unconvent ional'' mind-body beliefs. By means of this model a critically importa nt distinction between high scoring second-order psychosomaticism subj ects was achieved. It was proposed that subjects low in unconventional /high conventional tend to employ classical logic when rating mind-bod y belief items and that subjects high in unconventional/high conventio nal mind-body belief characteristically engage in fuzzy logic. Possibl e applications of the model in research were discussed.