PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION AND TYPE OF DESCRIPTION AS BARNUM EFFECT DETERMINANTS
Abstract
Barnum effect determinants such as professional orientation and type of description (trivial, present and extraneous) were investigated. Two groups of students with professional socionomic and technical directions were interviewed. Estimate of the accuracy in trivial personal descriptions was not significantly different among students with varying professional orientation. Students of single professional orientation showed no differences in estimates of the accuracy in various types of descriptions.
About the Authors
V. V. Kalita
Far East Federal University, Vladivostok
Russian Federation
Vitaliy V. Kalita – Candidate of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department ofPsychology
Russian Federation
Vitaliy V. Kalita – Candidate of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department ofPsychology
A. S. Gaiday
Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok
Russian Federation
Anton S. Gaiday – post-graduate student at the Department of Neuroscience and Labor Psychology in Extreme Conditions
Russian Federation
Anton S. Gaiday – post-graduate student at the Department of Neuroscience and Labor Psychology in Extreme Conditions
References
1. Батаршев, А. В. Базовые психологические свойства и самоопределение личности: практическое руководство по психологической диагностике / А. В. Батаршев. – СПб.: Речь, 2005. – С. 44 – 49.
2. Корсини, Р. Психологическая энциклопедия / Р. Корсини, А. Ауэрбах. – СПб.: Питер, 2006. – 1096 с.
3. Практикум по экспериментальной и практической психологии: учеб. пособие / Л. И. Вансовская [и др.]; под ред. А. А. Крылова. – СПб: Издательство Санкт-Петербургского университета, 1997. – 312 с.
4. Серый, А. В. Осмысленное отношение к профессиональной деятельности как условие развития профессионально значимых качеств психологов-практиков / А. В. Серый // Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета. – 2005. – № 2(22). – С. 158 – 162.
5. Bertram, R. Forer The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility / R. Bertram // Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology Volume 44, Issue 1, January 1949. – P. 118 – 123.
6. Snyder, C. R. Shenkel Effects of «favorability», modality, and relevance on acceptance of general personality interpretations prior to and after receiving diagnostic feedback / C. R. Studer, J. Randee // Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Volume 44, Issue 1, February 1976. – P. 34 – 41.
7. Snyder, C. R. Acceptance of personality interpretations as a function of assessment procedures / C. R. Studer // Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Volume 42, Issue 1, February 1974. – P. 150.
8. Dmitruk, V. M. The «Barnum effect» and acceptance of negative personal evaluation / V. M. Dmitruk, R. W. Collins, D. L. Dinger // Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. – 1973. – № 41(2). – S. 192 – 194.
9. Freeman, H. R. Effects of positive and negative feedback and degree of discrepancy on responses to test results / H. R. Freeman // Journal of Counseling Psychology. – 1973. – P. 571 – 572.
10. Collins, R. W. Personal validation: Some empirical and ethical considerations / R. W. Collins, V. M. Dmitruk, J. T. Ranney // Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Volume 45, Issue 1, February 1977. – P. 70 – 77.
11. Sundberg, N. D. The acceptability of «fake» versus «bona fide» personality test interpretations / N. D. Sundberg // Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. – 1955. – P. 145 – 147.
Review
For citations:
Kalita V.V., Gaiday A.S. PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION AND TYPE OF DESCRIPTION AS BARNUM EFFECT DETERMINANTS. SibScript. 2013;(4-1):113-117. (In Russ.)
Views:
487
Email this article 