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Title: Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
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Borghans, Lex Golsteyn, Bart H.H. Heckman, James J. Humphries, John Eric |
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Identification Problems in Personality Psychology Personality and Individual Differences 51,3 (August 2011): 315-320: Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911001504 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Achievement; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Cross-national Analysis; I.Q.; Intelligence Tests; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control) This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures are determined by these multiple traits and do not identify any particular trait unless incentives and other traits are controlled for. Using two data sets, we show, that substantial portions of the variance in achievement test scores and grades, which are often used as measures of cognition, are explained by personality variables. |
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Borghans, Lex, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, James J. Heckman and John Eric Humphries. "Identification Problems in Personality Psychology ." Personality and Individual Differences 51,3 (August 2011): 315-320:.
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