Positive test strategies and confirmatory retrieval processes in the evaluation of personality feedback

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ID6206020
AuthorsMartin F Davies (Goldsmiths University of London, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume73
Issue3
Pages574-583
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.73.3.574
PMID9294903
OpenAlexW1979139444
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited5

Cognitive-response analysis was carried out to investigate people's acceptance of personality feedback. In 3 studies with 223 male and female college students 18-38 years old, participants generated more confirming than disconfirming evidence for personality feedback. Availability of confirmatory evidence was found to be closely related to the rated accuracy of the feedback. Both rated accuracy and amount of confirmatory evidence were greater for general than specific and for true than false feedback. Analyses of covariance showed that availability of confirmatory evidence accounted for the effects of general versus specific and true versus false feedback on rated accuracy. Findings are discussed in terms of the use of positive test strategies and the influence of confirmatory evidence retrieval on working self-concepts.

Analysis of covariance · Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Confirmatory factor analysis · Covariance · Developmental psychology · Personality · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Test (biology · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology

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