Browsing by Author "Naemi, Bobby Darius"

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    Affect -cognition reliance: Measurement and validation
    (2009) Naemi, Bobby Darius; Beal, Daniel
    The goal of this study is to examine individual differences in the use of affective and cognitive information when forming attitudes, or affect-cognition reliance (ACR). An empirical measure of this construct is developed through the use of latent class modeling and multilevel modeling. The proposed measure of ACR is compared with existing personality measures and validated in an applied context by focusing on judgments of job applicants through resume ratings. Results indicate that the multilevel measure of ACR has a coherent nomological network in terms of convergent validity with personality measures and also interacts with resume quality to predict resume ratings, which bears implications for real world hiring situations.
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    Measuring and predicting extreme response style: A latent class approach
    (2006) Naemi, Bobby Darius; Beal, Daniel
    The purpose of this study was to explore various ways to predict and measure extreme response style, or overuse of endpoint categories in rating scales. Data was collected from a total of 913 regular participants and 240 peer participants, who completed an online battery of self-report and peer report questionnaires respectively. In addition to verifying the stability and generality of extreme responding, extreme response style was related to two personality predictors: intolerance of ambiguity and decisiveness. Both main effects and interactive effects with speed of survey completion were uncovered. Extreme response style was measured with several simple proportional methods, which were all shown to tap a latent factor of response extremity, and a latent class method, which did not achieve significant relationships with the personality predictors.