A Classroom Activity to Demonstrate Self-Other Agreement in Personality Judgments

This article describes a classroom activity to demonstrate (dis)agreement in personality judgments, using an exercise derived from Watson’s research on the accuracy of rating strangers’ personalities. On the first day of class, undergraduate students in psychology courses rated their own personality...

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Published inTeaching of Psychology Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 213 - 216
Main Authors Kaplan, Seth A., Stachowski, Alicia A., Bradley-Geist, Jill C.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Accuracy
Class Activities
Comparative Analysis
Correlation
Correlation analysis
Evaluative Thinking
Judgment
Learning
Personality
Psychology
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Undergraduate Students
United States (Mid Atlantic States)
personality
interpersonal judgments
impression formation
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Summary:This article describes a classroom activity to demonstrate (dis)agreement in personality judgments, using an exercise derived from Watson’s research on the accuracy of rating strangers’ personalities. On the first day of class, undergraduate students in psychology courses rated their own personality and the personality of a classmate, using items from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP). Across five samples, self-other correlations were strong for extraversion but varied for the other four traits. Comparisons with control groups on relevant test items provided preliminary evidence that the exercise promotes learning of relevant material. This exercise can be used in introductory or personality psychology courses to facilitate discussion of various topics including interpersonal judgment and accuracy and methodological and statistical issues.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1177/0098628312450441