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"Judgable" people: personality, behavior, and competing explanations
1University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|May 1, 1993
Summary
Judgability, a trait distinguishing open from enigmatic individuals, was explored. Higher judgability correlated with positive personality traits like extraversion and emotional stability, suggesting it reflects better psychological adjustment.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Personality Science
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Judgability differentiates individuals based on perceived openness and knowability.
- Understanding the correlates of judgability is crucial for personality and social psychology research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the individual difference characteristic of judgability.
- To identify personality and behavioral correlates of judgability.
Main Methods:
- 164 subjects were videotaped during opposite-sex interactions.
- Participants completed personality measures.
- Subjects were described by two friends, forming composite indices of judgability (subject-peer, peer-peer, peer-behavior agreement).
Main Results:
- Judgability demonstrated reliable measurement through composite indices.
- Significant correlates of judgability included extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability.
- Judgability was broadly associated with better overall psychological adjustment.
Conclusions:
- Judgability is a measurable individual difference with significant links to core personality traits.
- The findings suggest that higher judgability is associated with greater psychological adjustment and positive personality characteristics.
- This research contributes to understanding how individuals are perceived and how this perception relates to their internal psychological functioning.