✦ LIBER ✦
The effects of positive vs. negative wording on subjects' validity ratings of “true” and “false” feedback statements
✍ Scribed by Antoon A. Leenaars; Wolfgang G. Bringmann; William D. G. Balance
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Compared validity ratings of feedback statements by Ss to determine whether a response set was present to endorse positively worded statements as more accurate than negatively worded ones and to determine whether negative wording interfered with Ss' abilit to distingulsh "true" from " f a d ' feedback. No significant findings of t t e operation of a response set to endorse positive statements as more accurate resulted. The major finding was that negative wording interfered markedly with 8s' ability to perceive the invalidity of "false" feedback statements.