title: Typical vs. maximal measures of personological variables.
abstract: Recent research has focused on various ways in which self-report personality measures might be improved. The present investigation continues this line of research by studying the effects of typical-maximal ratings, trait-consistency, familiarity, and interpersonal liking on self-reports of four personological variables behavior aggression, trait-aggression, trait-dominance, and trait-friendliness. The results revealed that maximal ratings were clearly superior to typical ratings. Furthermore, maximal ratings attenuated the effects of the moderator variable of trait-consistency. Subject-peer familiarity and interpersonal liking also demonstrated significant effects. Implications for personality assessment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Klesges
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McGinley