Search for Correlates of Self-Actualization

Abstract

It was hypothesized that self-actualizing Ss, compared with other persons, will be more accurate perceptually, will have superior ability to reason and be logical, and will have greater preference for ambiguous and unstructured stimuli. The Personal Orientation Inventory was used as a measure of self-actualization and was correlated with abbreviated versions of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, and the Barron-Welsh Art Scale, using 39 undergraduates as Ss. The hypotheses were not supported.