Summary: The association between the ratings and frequency of participation of lectures was examined using teaching evaluation data from the medical faculty of the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany. The data base was comprised of a total of N ...
Abstract: Metacognitive monitoring is conceptualized as a situation-specific and context-dependent process that helps learners to regulate their learning. The current study builds on the idea that metacognitive monitoring can fulfil ...
Experimental measurement of eye movements in children and adolescents: Significance for psychological processes using the example of social anxietyEye movements allow the direct and dynamic assessment of attention. They allow the investigation of ...
Summary: A comprehensive review of the research on test bias against immigrant children and job applicants in The Netherlands from 1984 to 1999 is provided. Immigrants are mainly from Surinam, The Netherlands Antilles, Morocco, and Turkey. The emphasis is ...
This article presents the results of a comparison between two questionnaires about regulation activities related to studying in higher education. The questionnaire developed within a different educational setting appears to be less discriminative and ...
This paper describes the status of multicultural assessment training, research, and practice in the United States. Racism, politicization of issues, and demands for equity in assessment of psychopathology and personality description have created a climate ...
Psychoeducational testing practices in Zimbabwe can be understood in terms of the colonial heritage of the country and the democratization of the education system following Black majority rule. Regulations for psychological practice and Western-oriented ...
Summary: This paper addresses both the construct validity and the criterion-related validity of the “Revisie Amsterdamse Kinder Intelligentie Test” (RAKIT), which is a cognitive ability test developed for primary school children. The present study ...
This study examines interviewers’ sensitivity to impression management in structured interviews by determining the relative importance that interviewers attach to (verbal and nonverbal) impression management as compared to the relative importance that ...
With the increasing interest in cross-cultural research, there is a growing need for standard and validated practices for translating psychological instruments. Developing a psychologically acceptable instrument for another cultural group almost always ...
Abstract. Studies of unconscious mental processes often compare a performance measure (e.g., some assessment of perception or memory) with a measure of awareness (e.g., a verbal report or forced-choice response) of ...
Abstract. The accurate decoding of facial emotion expressions lies at the center of many research traditions in psychology. Much of this research, while paying lip service to the importance of context in emotion ...
Abstract. How do social observers perceive and judge individuals who self-enhance (vs. not)? Using a decision-theoretic framework, we distinguish between self-enhancement bias and error, where the former comprises both correct and ...
Nonresponse to organizational surveys is a vexing problem. Although scholars have a reasonable understanding of how systematic nonresponse influences estimates of population means, they are likely to have less context for understanding how it impacts ...
Abstract. Forensic science evidence may be the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of law enforcement officials and prosecutors. As such, it is important to be aware of factors that threaten the validity of forensic source conclusions (...
Abstract.Background: There is a bias for natural versus synthetic drugs in general populations. Aims: We investigated whether physicians who have advanced medical and scientific training and routinely prescribe drugs exhibit this bias. ...