A Classroom Activity to Demonstrate Self-Other Agreement in Personality Judgments

Autor/inn/en	Kaplan, Seth A.; Stachowski, Alicia A.; Bradley-Geist, Jill C.
Titel	A Classroom Activity to Demonstrate Self-Other Agreement in Personality Judgments
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 39 (2012) 3, S.213-216 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628312450441
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Personality; Accuracy; Evaluative Thinking; Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Correlation; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalität; Psychologie; Korrelation
Abstract	This article describes a classroom activity to demonstrate (dis)agreement in personality judgments, using an exercise derived from Watson's research on the accuracy of rating strangers' personalities. On the first day of class, undergraduate students in psychology courses rated their own personality and the personality of a classmate, using items from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP). Across five samples, self-other correlations were strong for extraversion but varied for the other four traits. Comparisons with control groups on relevant test items provided preliminary evidence that the exercise promotes learning of relevant material. This exercise can be used in introductory or personality psychology courses to facilitate discussion of various topics including interpersonal judgment and accuracy and methodological and statistical issues. (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10