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tuffie

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on: Jun 21, 2018
Explain reverse-scored items in terms of the Cat Person Scale described in the text.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why do people respond in socially desirable ways?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


mcarey591

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Reverse-scored items are items scored in the opposite direction from the responses. The Cat Person Scale mentioned in the text had questions that were easy to scorehigh numbers mean you like cats. Some questions, though, are asked in the opposite manner and high numbers would then mean you are not a cat person. The scores for those questions need to be reversed.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Socially desirable responding is the tendency of people to make themselves look better than they actually are. It occurs because people want to appear good to the researcher.


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