Abstract
For decades, psychometricans have measured non-cognitive constructs with little attention paid to the underlying cognitive processes of response. Previous advancement in psychometrics suggests that traditional cognitive oriented approaches may, in fact, yield construct deficiency and spurious results when applied to non-cognitive measurement. This thesis highlights the importance of specifying an ideal point response process for non-cognitive measurement and empirically demonstrates that an ideal point response processes undergirds self-reported personality and attitude measurement. Furthermore, this thesis also advances current understanding on the limitations of ideal point assumptions by exploring the moderating effects of various individual differences in motivation and ability.
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Graduation Date
2015
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Wang, Wei
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Psychology
Degree Program
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0006223
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0006223
Language
English
Release Date
February 2016
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Lapalme, Matthew, "More is not always better: Unpacking the cognitive process underlying introspective psychological measurement" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5030.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/5030