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On the several facets of personality assessment: The case of social acuity
Author(s) -
Funder David C,
Harris Monica J
Publication year - 1986
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.1467-6494.1986.tb00411.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , empathy , interpersonal communication , perception , social perception , construct (python library) , social psychology , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , neuroscience , computer science , programming language
The present research employs a variety of methods to examine social acuity , the ability and inclination to perceive the psychological state of others and act accordingly Sources of data include three self‐report inventories (Self‐Monitoring, Attributional Complexity, and Empathy), a direct measure of perceptual performance (the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity), and comprehensive Q‐sort descriptions of personality provided by subjects' peers and by the subjects themselves The four measures of social acuity were found to be coherently interrelated, Self‐Monitoring and Empathy were related to each other particularly closely Examination of the Q‐sort correlates, from both self‐reports and peers' judgments, yielded an improved conceptual understanding of social acuity and demonstrated the close relationship between these measures and interpersonal effectiveness The results are discussed in terms of the construct validity of social acuity and the usefulness of multiple methods and approaches in assessing personality