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2016

Personality

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The Development And Validation Of Personality-Based Implicit Measures For Predicting Character Failure, David Doedli Willis Dec 2016

The Development And Validation Of Personality-Based Implicit Measures For Predicting Character Failure, David Doedli Willis

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Previous research in personality-based Implicit Association Tests (IATs) found little predictive power and obtained limited psychometric properties. This study was designed to improve the psychometric properties of personality-based Implicit Association Tests designed to assess attributes related to integrity and character. The predictive validity of the IATs for behavior related to character failure (e.g. dishonesty and rule violations) was also investigated. The personality-based IATs target attitudes and behavior related to what is referred to as the dark side of personality (i.e. traits related to Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism). To obtain criterion behavior related to these traits a temptation manipulation provided subjects …


Personality Factors, Ideology, And Sensitivity To Change, Jahnavi Rose Delmonico Jul 2016

Personality Factors, Ideology, And Sensitivity To Change, Jahnavi Rose Delmonico

MSU Graduate Theses

This study examined the potential for a predictive relationship between political conservatism and change detection. Research on the visual system has revealed a general tendency to overlook changes in a stationary scene when two versions are displayed alternately with a masking slide, known as the flicker paradigm. We examined whether political conservatism and various related measures predicted whether and how quickly changes were detected during a flicker paradigm task. Measures of interest were conservatism as measured by the Social and Economic Conservatism scale, openness as measured by the short form of the Big Five Inventory, authoritarianism as measured by the …