Measurement issues associated with conditional reasoning tests: Indirect measurement and test faking

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: LeBreton, James M.; Barksdale, Cheryl D.; Robin, Jennifer; James, Lawrence R.
• 署名单位: Wayne State University; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.1
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 1-16
• 关键词: conditional reasoning; justification mechanism; faking; Cognitive bias

摘要

Conditional reasoning is a new measurement technique used to measure cognitive biases associated with latent personality motives. The current article describes 3 studies examining 2 related measurement issues associated with conditional reasoning tests (CRTs). Study I examined the necessity of maintaining indirect assessment when administering CRTs. Results indicated that, compared with a control condition, 2 experimental conditions that disclosed the purpose of assessment yielded significant mean shifts on a CRT. Study 2 explored whether CRTs could be faked when the purpose of assessment was not disclosed. Results indicated that when indirect measurement was maintained, CRTs appeared to be resistant to faking. Study 3 compared scores on the Conditional Reasoning Test for Aggression across student, applicant, and incumbent samples. Results indicated no significant mean differences among these samples.