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Heritability in the Personality Control System: Ego Strength (C), Super Ego Strength (G) and the Self Sentiment (Q3); by the MAVA Model, Q-Data, and Maximum Likelihood Analyses.
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Cattell, R. B.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1985
Strength, super ego strength, ego, self sentiment, and both forms of the High School Personality Questionnaire were administered to 688 brothers and 2973 unrelated boys. Multiple abstract variance analysis (MAVA) Q-Data, and maximum likelihood analysis were used to assess heritability in their personality control system. (ABB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Heredity, Males, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
A Study of a Pathological Liar
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Stones, M. J. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
It was hypothesized that a pathological liar might be characterized by a construct system atypically loose over a wide range of conventional, socially relevant constructs. Evidence consistent with this hypothesis was obtained from the Thought Disorder Grid (TDG) and by a marked response bias on the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Environmental Influences
Personality Correlates of Machiavellianism: Consensual Validation
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Skinner, Nicholas F.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
Compared to control group data obtained under standard instructions, subjects (N=72) asked to fake replies to the Howarth Personality Questionnaire in the way they felt Machiavellian individuals would honestly respond scored significantly higher on Ascendance-Dominance, Trust vs Suspicion and Impulsiveness, and significantly lower on Superego,…
Descriptors: College Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Personality Assessment, Personality Measures