Observations versus assessments of personality: A five-method multi-species study reveals numerous biases in ratings and methodological limitations of standardised assessments
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Uher, Jana 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2450-4943 and Visalberghi, Elisabetta
(2016)
Observations versus assessments of personality: A five-method multi-species study reveals numerous biases in ratings and methodological limitations of standardised assessments.
Journal of Research in Personality, 61.
pp. 61-79.
ISSN 0092-6566
(doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.02.003)
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Abstract
Personality assessments and observations were contrasted by applying a philosophy-ofscience paradigm and a study of 49 human raters and 150 capuchin monkeys. Twenty constructs were operationalised with 146 behavioural measurements in 17 situations to study capuchins’ individual-specific behaviours and with assessments on trait-adjective and behaviour-descriptive verb items to study raters’ pertinent mental representations. Analyses of reliability, cross-method coherence, taxonomic structures and socio-demographic associations highlighted substantial biases in assessments. Deviations from observations are located in human impression formation, stereotypical biases and the findings that raters interpret standardised items differently and that assessments cannot generate scientific quantifications or capture behaviour. These issues have important implications for the interpretation of findings from assessments and provide an explanation for their frequent lack of replicability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Assessment method, Behavioural repertoire x behavioural situations approach, Capuchin monkey (Sapajus spp.), Meaning construction, Item interpretation, Transdisciplinary philosophy-of-science paradigm for research on individuals (tps paradigm), Observation, Personality, Questionnaire, Replicability |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) |
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| Last Modified: | 01 May 2020 15:07 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/18190 |
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