Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51862 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5605
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper discusses and illustrates identification problems in personality psychology. The measures used by psychologists to infer traits are based on behaviors, broadly defined. These behaviors are produced from multiple traits interacting with incentives in situations. In general, measures are determined by these multiple traits and do not identify any particular trait unless incentives and other traits are controlled for. Using two data sets, we show, as an example, that substantial portions of the variance in achievement test scores and grades, which are often used as measures of cognition, are explained by personality variables.
Subjects: 
identification problem
personality
psychology
achievement test
grades
JEL: 
D01
D03
D89
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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