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Acquiescence Response Set and the Questionnaire Measurement of Personality
Author(s) -
KNOWLES J.B.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1963.tb00385.x
Subject(s) - acquiescence , psychology , personality , rigidity (electromagnetism) , social psychology , set (abstract data type) , applied psychology , computer science , political science , structural engineering , politics , law , programming language , engineering
Data derived from normal subjects given three questionnaire measures of rigidity, and an independent measure of acquiescence response set are presented to demonstrate (1) that questionnaires of the ‘true‐false’ type can be differentially prone to acquiescence response set, and (2) that the use of so‐called ‘balanced’ scales as a means of counteracting acquiescent tendencies is of dubious value.