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Intelligence and dissimulation on the personal orientation inventory
Author(s) -
Anderson Howard N.,
Sison Gus,
Wester Susan
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198411)40:6<1394::aid-jclp2270400620>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , orientation (vector space) , intelligence quotient , clinical psychology , psychological testing , psychometrics , social psychology , psychiatry , cognition , paleontology , mathematics , geometry , biology
Designed a research project to test the hypothesis that high IQ S s could successfully fake good scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), whereas low IQ S s could not. From a pool of 113 college undergraduates, S s who scored ± 1 SD from the mean on a group IQ test were chosen as the high and low IQ groups. Prior to administration of the POI, S s in both groups were assigned either to a standard administration group or a “fake good” group. Results failed to support the hypothesis. Both high and low IQ S s who were instructed to fake a good score actually scored lower on the average than did their counterparts in the standard administration. These results support the general claim that the POI is highly resistant to faking.