Faking Ability: Measurement and Validity

Geiger, Mattis; Sauter, R.; Olderbak, Sally; Wilhelm, Oliver

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.147

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“…In another sample, we found that emotion expression ability, as assessed in the present study, is positively related with the ability to deceive on self-report instruments (Geiger, Bärwaldt, et al, 2020) and the ability to conceal how one feels through posing emotions (e.g., happiness) or a neutral face while feeling another emotion, namely pain (Geiger, Hrycyk, et al, 2020). Thus, we interpret our results as more in line with the theory that highly psychopathic persons are more likely to successfully deceive, not because they are more skilled in deception, but rather because they engage in deception more often.…”

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Emotion expression abilities and psychopathy.

Olderbak¹,

Geiger²,

Hauser³

et al. 2021

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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The ability to express emotion is considered a core socioemotional skill; however, most research is focused on receptive abilities, with little investigation of productive abilities. We present an investigation of individual differences in facial expression of emotion using observational techniques. Given descriptions of highly psychopathic persons as successful liars and manipulators, we investigate the ability to intentionally pose emotional expressions when no emotion is elicited. A mixed sample of adult men (N ϭ 316 community volunteers, prison inmates, and forensic-psychiatric patients) ranging along the psychopathy continuum were asked to facially express a nonfelt emotion, specifically anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise, through either written instructions or through imitation of a target's facial expression. Through structural equation modeling, we evaluate relations between this emotion expression ability and general mental ability, interpersonal abilities, and psychopathy. We find that psychopathy is moderately associated with poorer emotion expression ability, meaning highly psychopathic individuals are poorer at imitating the expressions of others and poorer at expressing all emotions. However, this deficit is largely attributable to deficits in general mental ability. These results challenge the view that highly psychopathic individuals have the cognitive skills to support a superior ability to deceive or manipulate others.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 47%

Emotion expression abilities and psychopathy.

Olderbak¹,

Geiger²,

Hauser³

et al. 2021

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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“…Future research might focus on test-takers who show large differences between an unproctored and a proctored assessment. For applied contexts, this might exert valuable diagnostic information (e.g., faking ability, Geiger, Sauter, Olderbak, & Wilhelm, 2016).…”

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A Meta-Analysis of Test Scores in Proctored and Unproctored Ability Assessments

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Schroeders

Gnambs

2020

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Abstract. Unproctored, web-based assessments are frequently compromised by a lack of control over the participants’ test-taking behavior. It is likely that participants cheat if personal consequences are high. This meta-analysis summarizes findings on context effects in unproctored and proctored ability assessments and examines mean score differences and correlations between both assessment contexts. As potential moderators, we consider (a) the perceived consequences of the assessment, (b) countermeasures against cheating, (c) the susceptibility to cheating of the measure itself, and (d) the use of different test media. For standardized mean differences, a three-level random-effects meta-analysis based on 109 effect sizes from 49 studies (total N = 100,434) identified a pooled effect of Δ = 0.20, 95% CI [0.10, 0.31], indicating higher scores in unproctored assessments. Moderator analyses revealed significantly smaller effects for measures that are difficult to research on the Internet. These results demonstrate that unproctored ability assessments are biased by cheating. Unproctored assessments may be most suitable for tasks that are difficult to search on the Internet.

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Faking Ability: Measurement and Validity

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Emotion expression abilities and psychopathy.

Emotion expression abilities and psychopathy.

A Meta-Analysis of Test Scores in Proctored and Unproctored Ability Assessments

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