Faking on personality tests: Is eye-tracking useful in detecting faking?

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin A. J. Van Hooft ◽  
Marise Ph. Born
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Personality Tests

Faking in Job Applicants' Responses in Personality Tests: Evidence from A Eye-Tracking Study of Job Desirability

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1395
Author(s):  
Jianping XU ◽  
Jiyue CHEN ◽  
Wei ZHANG ◽  
Wenya LI ◽  
Yu SHENG
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Job Desirability

Úmyselné skresľovanie odpovedí pri osobnostných dotazníkoch – možnosti využitia sledovania pohybov očí

TESTFÓRUM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
PhDr. Martin Jakubek, PhD. ◽  
Mgr. Monika Krafčíková
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Job Applicant ◽  
Extreme Response ◽  
Fake Good ◽  
Cas A ◽  
Tracking Technology

Prostredníctvom technológie eye-trackingu sme pri využití vnútrosubjektového dizajnu u 50 pokusných osôb zaznamenávali pohyby očí pri vypĺňaní päťfaktorového osobnostného inventára NEO-FFI v podmienke úprimného vs "fake good" vypĺňania. Výsledky indikujú, že ľudia sú schopní skresľovať odpovede v osobnostnom dotazníku. Participanti inštruovaní skresľovať odpovede za účelom vytvorenia portrétu najvhodnejšieho uchádzača o pracovné miesto po prečítaní otázky častejšie zamerali vizuálnu pozornosť priamo na extrémne typy odpovedí („platí to pre mňa úplne“, „neplatí to pre mňa vôbec“), preukazovali nižší celkový reakčný čas a celkový počet fixácií potrebných na odpovedanie na položky. V kontraste s uvedeným bolo úprimné odpovedanie charakterizované vizuálnou pozornosťou, ktorá po prečítaní otázky častejšie smerovala na stredné možnosti odpovedí („platí to pre mňa prevažne“, ani platí ani neplatí“, „platí to pre mňa len málo“) než na extrémne, celkový čas potrebný na odpovedanie bol dlhší a počet fixácií bol vyšší ako pri skresľovaní. Tieto výsledky sú v zhode s teóriami, ktoré predpokladajú čisto sémantickú interpretáciu položiek osobnostných dotazníkov pri falošnom správaní uchádzačov o zamestnanie. Metóda sledovania pohybov očí pomocou eye‐trackingu sa tak v tomto kontexte javí ako pomerne nádejná.We conducted a laboratory experiment in an experimental design within-participants with a research sample of 50 persons. Eye-tracking technology is used to collect data for detection of eye behavior while responding to a NEO – FFI in „fake good“ and honest condition. Results indicate that people are capable of faking personality test. Participants when instructed to fake good on personality items, for the purpose of making impression as the most suitable job applicant, more often engaged eye behavior characterized by direct fixation to extreme response option after having read the item, also lower response times and less eye fixiations in general. In contrast the pattern of results for answering honestly is characterized by direct fixation of visual attention on the middle response categories, slower response times and more fixations in general. Confirming previous research, our eye-tracking data show more direct evidence for a semantic item interpretation characterization of the response process when faking. We consider eye-tracking technology as valuable and beneficial method in detecting intentional response distortion of personality tests in personal selection process.

An Eye-Tracking Study on Audiovisual Speech Perception Strategies Adopted by Normal-Hearing and Deaf Adults Under Different Language Familiarities

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 2245-2254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianrong Wang ◽  
Yumeng Zhu ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Abdilbar Mamat ◽  
Mei Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Audiovisual Speech ◽  
Audiovisual Speech Perception ◽  
Allocation Pattern ◽  
Deaf Adults ◽  
Bilingual Speaker ◽  
Primary Hypothesis ◽  
Standard Chinese

Purpose The primary purpose of this study was to explore the audiovisual speech perception strategies.80.23.47 adopted by normal-hearing and deaf people in processing familiar and unfamiliar languages. Our primary hypothesis was that they would adopt different perception strategies due to different sensory experiences at an early age, limitations of the physical device, and the developmental gap of language, and others. Method Thirty normal-hearing adults and 33 prelingually deaf adults participated in the study. They were asked to perform judgment and listening tasks while watching videos of a Uygur–Mandarin bilingual speaker in a familiar language (Standard Chinese) or an unfamiliar language (Modern Uygur) while their eye movements were recorded by eye-tracking technology. Results Task had a slight influence on the distribution of selective attention, whereas subject and language had significant influences. To be specific, the normal-hearing and the d10eaf participants mainly gazed at the speaker's eyes and mouth, respectively, in the experiment; moreover, while the normal-hearing participants had to stare longer at the speaker's mouth when they confronted with the unfamiliar language Modern Uygur, the deaf participant did not change their attention allocation pattern when perceiving the two languages. Conclusions Normal-hearing and deaf adults adopt different audiovisual speech perception strategies: Normal-hearing adults mainly look at the eyes, and deaf adults mainly look at the mouth. Additionally, language and task can also modulate the speech perception strategy.

Assessing Collaborative Behavior in Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Krkovic ◽  
Sascha Wüstenberg ◽  
Samuel Greiff
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Seventh Graders ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Computer Agent ◽  
Collaborative Behavior ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract. Skilful collaborative problem-solving is becoming increasingly important in various life areas. However, researchers are still seeking ways to assess and foster this skill in individuals. In this study, we developed a computer-assisted assessment for collaborative behavior (COLBAS) following the experiment-based assessment of behavior approach (objective personality tests; Cattell, 1958 ). The instrument captures participants’ collaborative behavior in problem-solving tasks using the MicroDYN approach while participants work collaboratively with a computer-agent. COLBAS can thereby assess problem-solving and collaborative behavior expressed through communication acts. To investigate its validity, we administered COLBAS to 483 German seventh graders along with MicroDYN as a measure of individual problem-solving skills and questions regarding the motivation to collaborate. A latent confirmatory factor analysis suggested a five-dimensional construct with two problem-solving dimensions (knowledge acquisition and knowledge application) and three collaboration dimensions (questioning, asserting, and requesting). The results showed that extending MicroDYN to include collaborative aspects did not considerably change the measurement of problem-solving. Finally, students who were more motivated to collaborate interacted more with the computer-agent but also obtained worse problem-solving results.

Activation and Persistence of Implicit Causality Information in Spoken Language Comprehension

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirita Pyykkönen ◽  
Juhani Järvikivi
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Visual World ◽  
Implicit Causality ◽  
Causality Information ◽  
Spoken Language Comprehension

A visual world eye-tracking study investigated the activation and persistence of implicit causality information in spoken language comprehension. We showed that people infer the implicit causality of verbs as soon as they encounter such verbs in discourse, as is predicted by proponents of the immediate focusing account ( Greene & McKoon, 1995 ; Koornneef & Van Berkum, 2006 ; Van Berkum, Koornneef, Otten, & Nieuwland, 2007 ). Interestingly, we observed activation of implicit causality information even before people encountered the causal conjunction. However, while implicit causality information was persistent as the discourse unfolded, it did not have a privileged role as a focusing cue immediately at the ambiguous pronoun when people were resolving its antecedent. Instead, our study indicated that implicit causality does not affect all referents to the same extent, rather it interacts with other cues in the discourse, especially when one of the referents is already prominently in focus.

Effects of Targeted Self-Coaching on Applicant Distortion of Personality Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Sliter ◽  
Neil D. Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Lie Detection ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Personality Measures ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
The Impact

The present study evaluated the impact of reading self-coaching book excerpts on success at faking a personality test. Participants (N = 207) completed an initial honest personality assessment and a subsequent assessment with faking instructions under one of the following self-coaching conditions: no coaching, chapters from a commercial book on how to fake preemployment personality scales, and personality coaching plus a chapter on avoiding lie-detection scales. Results showed that those receiving coaching materials had greater success in raising their personality scores, primarily on the traits that had been targeted in the chapters. In addition, those who read the chapter on avoiding lie-detection scales scored significantly lower on a popular impression management scale while simultaneously increasing their personality scores. Implications for the use of personality tests in personnel selection are discussed.

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