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Sociotropy—Autonomy and Other Personality Measures
Sociotropy and autonomy have been examined in relation to measures in personality psychology, such as the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI; Costa & McCrae, 1985) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975). Sociotropy appears related to other measures of theoretically congruent constructs like dependency, lack of assertion, and introversion (Cappeliez, 1993; Gilbert & […]
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Implicit and Explicit Measures of Personality
McClelland et al. (1989) distinguished between implicit and explicit methods of personality assessment. Explicit measures, such as self-report instruments, assess psychological characteristics and needs individuals recognize about themselves and which they can articulate. In contrast, by analyzing a representative sample of an individual’s behavior during the assessment process, implicit or performance-based measures, such as the […]
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