In some cases, as much as 9% of participants in self-report studies are extremely inattentive (Maniaci & Rogge, 2014). Previous researchers have dealt with this problem by removing inattentive participants from data analyses. A better solution would be to prevent inattentive responding. Self-Determination Theory may provide an effective approach to reducing inattentive responding, specifically by attempting to promote autonomous motivation in research participants. Providing participants with personalized feedback may increase participants’ autonomous motivation, which in turn may lead to more attentive responding. Study 1 showed that participants who are interested in feedback are more attentive throughout an online survey than participants who are not interested in feedback. The next goal was to show through experimental manipulation that emphasizing the opportunity to receive personalized feedback would decrease levels of inattentive responding and increase autonomous motivation. No significant difference occurred between groups in levels of inattention, nor in autonomous motivation. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Inattentive responding by research participants may decrease the reliability and validity of self-report measures. The current studies broaden the record of personality traits correlated with inattention by examining individual differences in attachment anxiety and avoidance among adults in romantic relationships. Based upon the characteristics typically exhibited by adults high on attachment avoidance, I expected an overlap between this personality trait and inattention, such that participants higher on attachment avoidance would exhibit higher levels of inattentive responding when answering self-report questions about their relationship. Two studies addressed this hypothesis using both self-report data from individuals and partner-report data from romantic couples to examine the association between a participant’s attachment avoidance and their level of inattentive responding while participating in research focusing on their romantic relationships. Self-reported attachment avoidance was associated with greater inattentive responding in both studies. However, partner-reported attachment avoidance was not significantly associated with inattentive responding in Study 2. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 68 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-62).

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Neuropsychologists are increasingly asked to determine whether a patient may be malingering symptoms of a mild closed head injury. This issue is particularly salient within the context of civil litigation and the potential of significant financial awards. Patients' performances on neuropsychological tests have historically been assumed to accurately reflect their abilities and deficits. Optimal motivation and performance cannot be automatically assumed within the context of litigation. Moreover, comorbid anxiety and depression are frequently present in head injury patients and adversely affect the patient's performance.The frequent comorbidity of psychiatric and medical symptoms complicates interpretation of a patient's neuropsychological evaluation whether or not the patient is involved in litigation. This comorbidity may result in an inaccurate diagnosis, thus delaying treatment potentially causing greater harm to the patient.The present study was conducted to expand previous research that discriminated between simulated malingered and neurological patient responses to a neuropsychological self-report inventory. Additionally, the study investigated the, utility of the Neuropsychological Symptom Inventory in discriminating between simulated medical, psychiatric and malingered patient responses. Results indicated that the NSI was able to discriminate malingered responses from medical and psychiatric patient responses. However, applying a lie scale derived from previous research with the NSI did not allow discrimination between the malingered group and the psychiatric patients. Use of a factor solution derived from earlier research may offer not only greater prediction in detection of malingerers, but also evaluation of symptom profiles of medical and psychiatric patients. The NSI may provide an efficient screen for exaggerated symptoms as well as an indication of the level of general neuropsychological functioning of the patient when included in a neuropsychological evaluation. / Department of Educational Psychology

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an individual's self-esteem would effect the amount of effort that person expected to expend in a task performing situation with an evaluator. Two social psychological principles of an individual's self-perception, the self-esteem and self-consistency theories, were the theoretical concepts upon which this study was based.The 403 subjects were undergraduates at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. The study was conducted during the winter of 1980.Subjects were administered two self-report questionnaires measuring self-esteem and locus of control. High and low self-esteem groups, each containing 70 subjects, were selected for participation in phase two.Prior to meeting with the evaluator, each subject was given a verbal cue regarding the evaluator's demandingness. Each subject was asked to determine the number of practice problems to be done in presentation for a task. The number of problems chosen constituted the amount of effort the individual expected to expend, or the dependent variable.Using a univariate analysis of variance, the data analysis showed a statistically significant interaction between the self-esteem and evaluator demandingness factors for the male sample. Four null sub-hypotheses were also rejected for the male sample. Due to lack of homogeneity of variance in the female sample, four revised null subhypotheses were tested using a non-parametric procedure, the KruskalWallis Rank Sums. Each of these sub-hypotheses was rejected for the female sample.As a result of the data analysis, the following conclusions were made: (1) High self-esteem individuals expected to expend more effort with a difficult-to-please evaluator than with an easy-to-please evaluator, and (2) conversely, low self-esteem individuals expected to expend more effort with an easy-to-please evaluator than with a difficult-to-please evaluator. The findings of this study support self-esteem theory.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 451-492).

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Thesis (M. S.)--Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Lawrence R. James; Committee Member: Jack Feldman; Committee Member: Richard Catrambone. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (M. S.)--Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: James, Lawrence; Committee Member: Parsons, Charles; Committee Member: Roberts, James. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.