Recent research with personality inventories.

Ellis, Albert

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“…These results are consistent with those obtained previously. Marked shifts in scores have been routinely observed hi role-playing studies (Dahlstrom & Welsh, 1960;Ellis, 1953;Waters, 1965), indicating considerable skill in this activity. And, in Edwards' (1965) investigation, Ss' desirability ratings predicted SD scale values with great accuracy.…”

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“…Responding in this way probably reflects, in addition to its own particular form of test-wiseness, the presence of other abilities involved in test-wiseness and sheer knowledge of the role. This particular kind of "impression management" (Goffman, 1959) is displayed in role-playing studies (Ellis, 1953;Haters, 1965), which compare scores on personality scales administered with standard instructions with scores on the same scales administered with instructions to "fake" either a "good" role (e.g., a superbly well-adjusted person) or a "bad" one (e.g., a severely disturbed individual). People vary markedly in their success in faking (Gough, 1952;Grayson & Olinger, 1957;Hedberg, 1962;Hunt, 1948;Kimber, 1947;Lanyon, 1967;Noll, 1951).…”

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"Test-wiseness" on personality scales.

Stricker

1969

Journal of Applied Psychology

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Test-wiseness on self-report personality scales was explored, using measures of accuracy in estimating the frequency of endorsement of personality items, estimating their social desirability, and identifying and "keying" items that measured the same factor, as well as indices of ability to change scores on standard personality scales when they were administered with "fake-good" and "fake-bad" instructions. 'I'hes e variables generally did not correlate with each other, and they had only moderate and scattered correlations with personality scales administered with standard instructions. The test-wiseness measures were generally uncorrelated with ability and cognitive style tests and defensiveness scales, but they did correlate consistently with social desirability response style scales."Test-Wiseness" on Personality Scales 1 According to test lore, people vary in their knowledge about tests, and this "test-wiseness" affects their performance on these devices--the more test-wise obtaining higher scores on ability and aptitude tests, and distorting their scores on personality inventories (

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"Test-wiseness" on personality scales.

Stricker

1969

Journal of Applied Psychology

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“…THERE ARE many examples of how certain instructions, such as to "fake good", can lead to marked changes in the questionnaire responses of adults (Ellis, 1953). There is also a study in which children were found to be able to falsify their answers to a personality inventory in very much the same manner (Eysenck, Syed and Eysenck, 1966).…”

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A Note on the Effects of Administration Conditions Upon Personality Scores in Children

Nias

1972

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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SUMMARY This paper raises the problem of respondent anonymity in test administration. A total of 380 children, aged 11 and 12 years, were given a revised version of the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory that includes a psychoticism scale. An administration condition of anonymity was compared with one in which children were required to give their names. While the results gave no clear differences between the two conditions, the expected differences between boys and girls emerged. The correlations between the scales, and the internal consistency coefficients of the scales, also compared well with those from other versions of the inventory. It is suggested that under normal research conditions, children wilt tend to give honest, or al least consistent, answers to this type of questionnaire.

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“…This review is a comprehensive treatment of the validity and reliability, norms, and applications of projective technics; it also discusses new projective instruments. Ellis (17) surveyed research on personality inventories published between January 1946 and December 1951. Ives and others (32) presented an interesting study of "neurotic" Rorschach patterns found for "normal" adolescents.…”

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Chapter V: Personality and Social Development During Childhood and Adolescence

Meredith¹

1955

Review of Educational Research

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Recent research with personality inventories.

Cited by 26 publications

References 16 publications

"Test-wiseness" on personality scales.

"Test-wiseness" on personality scales.

A Note on the Effects of Administration Conditions Upon Personality Scores in Children

Chapter V: Personality and Social Development During Childhood and Adolescence

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