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A role theoretical interpretation of personality scale item responses
Author(s) -
Mills Carol,
Hogan Robert
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1978.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - psychology , empathy , interpretation (philosophy) , personality , social psychology , scale (ratio) , personality test , test (biology) , presentation (obstetrics) , personality assessment inventory , cognitive psychology , psychometrics , test validity , developmental psychology , computer science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , programming language , medicine , radiology
A bstract This paper proposes that test‐taking behavior can be regarded as a kind of self‐presentation formally identical to that which goes on in most social interaction. It follows from this analysis that the success of such self‐presentations should be affected by the actor's role‐taking ability or empathy. Evidence is presented that supports this conjecture; the paper then suggests that role‐taking ability may limit in a systematic manner validity coefficients in much assessment research.