| Abstract: | INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PREDICTIVE ACCURACY AND TYPE OF INTERVIEWER-INTERVIEWEE CONTACT. 120 UNDERGRADUATES WERE ADMINISTERED THE ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST (ACL) AND ASSIGNED THE ROLES OF INTERVIEWER, INTERVIEWEE (OBJECT), AND O. AFTER A SHORT INTERVIEW, SEEN BY THE O THROUGH A 1-WAY MIRROR, THE INTERVIEWER AND O PREDICTED THE OBJECT'S RESPONSES TO THE ACL. FEMALES WERE PREDICTED MORE ACCURATELY THAN MALES REGARDLESS OF CONDITION OF CONTACT OR SEX OF JUDGE. THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN ACCURACY OF PREDICTION BETWEEN DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONTACT WITH THE OBJECT. HIGH-ACCURACY JUDGES OBTAINED HIGHER SCORES ON THE ORDER SCALE OF THE ACL AND LOWER SCORES ON THE CHANGE AND AFFILIATION SCALES THAN LOW-ACCURACY JUDGES. UNDER CONDITIONS OF DIRECT CONTACT, HIGHER ACCURACY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT; UNDER THE CONDITION OF INDIRECT CONTACT, THIS PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER ACCURACY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
