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The Effects of Priming on Personality Self-reports: Challenges and Opportunities

Nordlund, Matthew Langeland
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1240857337

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Psychology-Industrial/Organizational.
This study examined the impact of exposure to trait adjectives and descriptions of trait-relevant behavior on responses to a complex personality measure. A number of undergraduates were primed and then completed a measure of memory accessibility and a complex personality measure in a subsequent, ostensibly unrelated, study. Exposure to conscientiousness adjectives led to higher conscientiousness scores on the complex personality measure of conscientiousness. This effect was not seen for exposure to descriptions of conscientious behavior. The effect of primes on responses was expected to be mediated by accessibility of relevant episodic memories but no support was found for this hypothesis. Furthermore, it was expected that self-concept clarity and private self-consciousness would moderate the above results, such that those with higher self-concept clarity and those with higher private self-consciousness would demonstrate greater sensitivity to the primes but no support was found for this hypothesis.
Andrea Snell (Advisor)
147 p.
Psychology
priming; personality; self; self-concept; self-report

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  • Nordlund, M. L. (2009). The Effects of Priming on Personality Self-reports: Challenges and Opportunities [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1240857337

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nordlund, Matthew. The Effects of Priming on Personality Self-reports: Challenges and Opportunities. 2009. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1240857337.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nordlund, Matthew. "The Effects of Priming on Personality Self-reports: Challenges and Opportunities." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1240857337

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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