Psychological and methodological evaluation of the components of judging accuracy

Components of judging accuracy in person perception were derived from paper-and-pencil measures, and the statistical origin and interpretation of each component discussed. To develop their psychological meaning, the components were related to laboratory measures of perceptual style (Ames Leaf Room and Witkin's Rod-and-Frame Test) and to selected personality variables. For 105 Brooklyn College summer students no relationship was found between the components and perceptual style but several low significant ( p ≤ .05) correlations were found with the personality measures. The broad attempt to establish external criteria by which to evaluate the components was judged only partly successful. However, some substantive issues present in the literature were illustrated by data and methodological problems of scoring and reliability discussed.