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Sleepyjack · 02-09-2004, 03:59 AM

ok, this is one, perhaps, for all the budding (or even developed

) pyschologists out there (ie not me

).

I got sent this pyschology test yesterday, about picking the difference between a genuine or a fake smile and even made a thread about it here. Anyway, i gave it to my brother to do and he did it as i sat next to him.

Now getting to the point of the thread, it was interesting to hear him say "Ok, i think i've done too many genuines, so i'll say that's a fake". I daresay that i was thinking something similar at the time of doing mine as well, as logically, there's probably gonna be a 50/50 split and if you feel you've done too many of one, you might try to compensate (even sub-consciously?).

Although, this was only the case for anything a bit iffy, in that if i was sure of something i'd never change it's outcome on some kind of predetermined logical probability of it's answers.

I guess i am doing the test incorrectly or not in the true spirit, but i was wondering if physcology test ever consider outside independant factors of a test, that could affect its outcome.

There's also the nature of a test in itself. Basically, i think, that whenever anyone hears test or conciously knows they're doing a test they intrisically try harder as well. Can this trying harder change or vastly affect their nature, maybe it's some state of mind thing?

So, in summation, are parameters and means of the test, of a pyscology test taken into account, for much? Are there some methods in testing to cull or nullify this effect on the test?

Just a bit of a paradoxal thing, i thought? Although i've never taken a pyschology course/unit before, so i could be way off

02-09-2004, 03:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	The psychology of "test" in a pyschology test? ok, this is one, perhaps, for all the budding (or even developed ) pyschologists out there (ie not me ). I got sent this pyschology test yesterday, about picking the difference between a genuine or a fake smile and even made a thread about it here. Anyway, i gave it to my brother to do and he did it as i sat next to him. Now getting to the point of the thread, it was interesting to hear him say "Ok, i think i've done too many genuines, so i'll say that's a fake". I daresay that i was thinking something similar at the time of doing mine as well, as logically, there's probably gonna be a 50/50 split and if you feel you've done too many of one, you might try to compensate (even sub-consciously?). Although, this was only the case for anything a bit iffy, in that if i was sure of something i'd never change it's outcome on some kind of predetermined logical probability of it's answers. I guess i am doing the test incorrectly or not in the true spirit, but i was wondering if physcology test ever consider outside independant factors of a test, that could affect its outcome. There's also the nature of a test in itself. Basically, i think, that whenever anyone hears test or conciously knows they're doing a test they intrisically try harder as well. Can this trying harder change or vastly affect their nature, maybe it's some state of mind thing? So, in summation, are parameters and means of the test, of a pyscology test taken into account, for much? Are there some methods in testing to cull or nullify this effect on the test? Just a bit of a paradoxal thing, i thought? Although i've never taken a pyschology course/unit before, so i could be way off Last edited by Sleepyjack; 02-09-2004 at 04:03 AM..