Recent psychological research has identified important individual differences associated with receptivity to bullshit, which has greatly enhanced our understanding of the processes behind susceptibility to pseudo‐profound or otherwise misleading information. However, the bulk of this research attention has focused on cognitive and dispositional factors related to bullshit (the product), while largely overlooking the influences behind bullshitting (the act). Here, we present results from four studies focusing on the construction and validation of a new, reliable scale measuring the frequency with which individuals engage in two types of bullshitting (persuasive and evasive) in everyday situations. Overall, bullshitting frequency was negatively associated with sincerity, honesty, cognitive ability, open‐minded cognition, and self‐regard. Additionally, the Bullshitting Frequency Scale was found to reliably measure constructs that are (1) distinct from lying and (2) significantly related to performance on overclaiming and social decision tasks. These results represent an important step forward by demonstrating the utility of the Bullshitting Frequency Scale as well as highlighting certain individual differences that may play important roles in the extent to which individuals engage in everyday bullshitting.

中文翻译：

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胡说八道频率量表：发展和心理测量特性。

最近的心理学研究已经确定了与接受废话相关的重要个体差异，这极大地增强了我们对伪深刻或其他误导性信息易感性背后的过程的理解。然而，这项研究的大部分注意力都集中在与废话（产品）相关的认知和性格因素上，而在很大程度上忽略了废话（行为）背后的影响。在这里，我们展示了四项研究的结果，这些研究侧重于构建和验证一个新的、可靠的量表，该量表衡量个人从事两种类型的胡说八道（说服性和回避性）的频率) 在日常生活中。总体而言，胡说八道的频率与真诚、诚实、认知能力、思想开放的认知和自尊呈负相关。此外，Bullshiting 频率量表被发现可以可靠地衡量以下结构：(1) 不同于说谎和 (2) 与过度声明和社会决策任务的表现显着相关。这些结果代表了向前迈出的重要一步，展示了胡说八道频率量表的实用性，并突出了某些可能在个人参与日常胡说八道的程度中发挥重要作用的个体差异。