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Reconsidering response sets, test-taking attitudes, dissimulation, self-deception, and social desirability.

S P Merydith1, F H Wallbrown

  • 1PSI Associates, Cuyahoga Community College.

Psychological Reports
|December 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

This study examines response sets, empirical keying, and social desirability in personality research. Cattell's perturbation theory offers the most complete framework for understanding response distortions in personality questionnaires.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Personality Research

Background:

  • Traces the historical development of personality research constructs from Wundt's laboratory.
  • Highlights key contributions from Meehl, Hathaway, Edwards, and Cattell.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize and analyze three lines of personality research: response sets, empirical keying, and social desirability.
  • To evaluate Cattell's theoretical formulations in personality assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Historical review of personality research.
  • Analysis of theoretical formulations concerning response sets, empirical keying, and social desirability.
  • Examination of Cattell's trait-view theory and perturbation theory.

Main Results:

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  • Identifies Cattell's perturbation theory as a comprehensive system for understanding response distortions.
  • Demonstrates the theory's utility in designing multivariate studies for personality assessment.

    • Conclusions:

    • Cattell's perturbation theory provides the most robust framework for analyzing systematic response distortions in personality questionnaires.
    • The theory offers a solid foundation for future multivariate research in personality assessment.