AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT-GENERATED AFFINITY-SEEKING BEHAVIORS

A sample of college students was surveyed to construct a list of mutua lly exclusive affinity-seeking categories. These categories identified affinity-seeking strategies used by students to attempt to influence their teachers. Another sample, consisting of college teachers, war su rveyed to construct a list of teachers' perceptions of affinity-seekin g strategies used by students. Twenty-six mutually exclusive categorie s were generated by the two groups. Results indicate that teachers and students agree that specific strategies are used most frequently: ''c onversational rule keeping,'' ''elicit other's disclosure,'' 'self-inc lusion,'' and ''requirements.''