Questions tagged [social-desirability]
For questions regarding the tendency for people to answer survey questions about themselves in a matter which is acceptable to society
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Are there any alternatives to threat of deprivation of life or liberty as a means of general deterrence of crimes?
On reddit , there was a detailed comment with citations that there is little evidence that increasing the severity of punishment is more effective at deterrence. Here is the comment
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Why are there so few women in math and science Olympiads?
Why are there so few women in math olympics (IMO and etc)? If this is also related to the low participation of women in the Olympics compared to men, I would like to know.
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Do social classes hang more with the same social class?
Do social classes hang more with the same social class?
Further, how "reasonable" phenomenon this is?
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Why are people insecure?
Many people, especially teenagers, are insecure about some aspects. They may be insecure about their looks, their (odd) behavior, or may question whether they belong to a group (of friends, colleagues ...
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Why do we require social interaction/engagement?
By requirement I mean there are so many ill side effects of isolation, and everyone feels loneliness after too much time spent alone (although that threshold is different for different people, e.g. ...
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Name this partner selection experiment where participants can see the value of others but not themselves and seek to pair with high value others?
A group of students is given playing cards to put on their head. They do not know the value of their card but can see the value of others.
The goal of each student is to partner with the highest ...
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Where to find a study on women and selfies?
I have recently read the following Yahoo article: Guys, this is why you should never post too many selfies on social media.
This article describes a study that correlates selfies taken by men and ...
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Are there lying or social desirability items in IPIP pool?
Are there any lie or social desirable questions in the IPIP pool of 2600 question?
Can I construct psychometrically such a scale if it does not exists by default?
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Why does society interpret "manliness" differently?
If, by definition, manliness is "the traditional male quality of being brave and strong," why does most of society perceive it differently? For example, a person who watches My Little Pony and is not ...
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What is the psychology behind choosing to be weird?
There is a saying I was once told:
"I no longer fear going insane, I am enjoying every moment of it"
For some (including myself), this is in fact a rather happy and liberating reality, albeit a ...
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How do the correlations between Big 5 personality change in studies examining "faking bad"?
I have conducted several studies that get participants to complete the IPIP personality test while role play going for a job. A common finding is that the average correlation (i.e., $\bar{r}$ between ...
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What is the support for a global personality factor?
The Big 5 is a popular framework for describing major factors of individual differences in personality. More recently, I've been hearing people talking about the utility of conceptualising personality ...
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Do measures of Big 5 personality have a positive bias towards extraverted, conscientious, emotionally stable, ageeable and open individuals?
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One free measures of the Big 5 is the IPIP.
I have noticed that IPIP items seem to have a positive bias towards items loading on the extraversion (EX), emotional stability (ES), ...
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