Having access to information on personality tests might make faking of personality tests easier because applicants are not hindered by incorrect assumptions about the scoring. Thus, this experiment tests whether very briefly telling applicants how personality tests are scored affects faking. Management assistants (N = 187), asked to imagine themselves as job applicants, were either informed about the scoring key or given no information before filling out a Big Five personality test. Results revealed that this minimal manipulation increased faking. This finding supports the notion that applicants often incorrectly assume that scoring procedures are overly complex and gives practitioners additional reason to worry about more future faking.

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如果申请人知道如何对人格测验进行评分？

获得有关人格测验的信息可能会使人格测验的伪造变得更加容易，因为申请人不会受到关于评分的错误假设的阻碍。因此，此实验测试是否非常简短地告诉申请人如何对人格测验进行评分会影响伪造。在填写“五大”人格测验之前，要求管理者（N = 187）被想象成自己是求职者，他们被告知得分重点或没有任何信息。结果表明，这种最小的操纵增加了伪造。这一发现支持了这样一种观念，即申请人经常错误地认为评分程序过于复杂，并给从业人员带来了更多的理由来担心将来的假货。