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Download full textBeins, Bernard C. – 1991
The Barnum Effect was generated to teach students about the ethics of deception in research and the feelings of subjects who are deceived. The Barnum Effect occurs when individuals are duped into believing invalid results of psychological tests. People are most accepting when given favorable feedback about themselves. They interpret evaluations as…
Descriptors: College Students, Deception, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Peer reviewedJones, Marshall B. – Simulation and Games, 1984
Briefly describes the characteristics of video games and discusses some advantages and disadvantages of their use to measure individual abilities. Relevant research is cited in the areas of stabilization with practice, predictive testing, performance testing, testing under extreme conditions, testing brain-injured persons, and differential…
Descriptors: Games, History, Literature Reviews, Measurement Techniques
Veroff, Joseph; And Others – 1971
A series of studies and analyses to develop brief, reliable measures of intelligence and achievement motivation that would be feasible for use in a cross-sectional sample is summarized. One measure of intelligence meets these criteria. It is a 13-item test of sentence completion skill, which correlates effectively with other measures of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Educational Background, Evaluation Criteria
