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TEST BIAS PSY61204 Psychological Tests and Measurements Dr Michele Anne Overview Faking Social desirability Acquiescence Test anxiety Faking Faking Deliberate systematic distortion of responses given to test items to create a particular impression Impressions can involve Empha...

TEST BIAS PSY61204 Psychological Tests and Measurements Dr Michele Anne Overview Faking Social desirability Acquiescence Test anxiety Faking Faking Deliberate systematic distortion of responses given to test items to create a particular impression Impressions can involve Emphasis on socially desirable characteristics Denial of negative characteristics Methods Motivation to distort results intentionally Random responding intentionally Inaccurate reporting due to lack of self-insight Faking (cont.) Four patterns of responding Honest responding Irrelevant responding Defensiveness Malingering Malingering Intentional faking / fabrication to obtain external incentive Fabricate illness or disorders Reducing faking Disguised titles Filler items Not forcing items to be answered Faking scales Items with low predictive validity but high face validity Improbable behaviour, exceptional virtue, non- existent behaviour Take into account cross-cultural differences Validity scales Social Desirability Social desirability Tendency to respond in a manner that consistently presents the self in a favourable light A type of faking good Can reflect Conscious lying Unconscious defensiveness Need for approval Models of social desirability First model Attribution Claiming socially desirable characteristics Denial Denying undesirable characteristics Second model Self-deception Unconscious tendency to see self in positive light Impression management Conscious presentation of false front Reducing social desirability Use items which are neutral for social desirability Include items which have equal social desirability Validity scales Response Styles Activity 1 Try these questionnaires and take note of how you response: https://chsresults.com/blog/test/eysencks-personality- inventory-epi-extroversionintroversion/ https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test-s ocialmedia Response styles Acquiescence The tendency to agree more than disagree Opposition The tendency to disagree more than agree Positional set Tendency to select extreme responses Tendency to select mid-point responses Random responding Careless or inconsistent Test Anxiety Test Anxiety Feeling of worry or apprehension when taking a test or being in testing situations where evaluation is involved Can lower or impair performances on test Characteristics Test is perceived as difficult Self is perceived as ineffective to cope Person focuses on undesirable consequences of being inadequate Self-depreciation Expects and anticipates failure and loss of regard of others Questions?