Inferring Personal Qualities Through Handwriting Analysis

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Psychologists have long been interested in hand-writing analysis, but scientific research has not been equal to the growth of interest. The current status and principal elements of handwriting analysis are featured. Methods of script analysis are reviewed, as are integration procedures for graphological inferences. Two elemental psychometric considerations, reliability and validity, are used to analyze the phenomenon of personal quality inference. Script sample impact is analyzed, as is the skill necessary for script analysis. Applied use of the research on this area may be too early. While findings suffer from research negligence, they point toward the lack of viability of graphology as a personality measurement method. A majority of European firms use graphology as a hiring tool, though recent research points to a lack of validity in this practice.

Analysis, Human resource management, English language, Psychological research, Rhetoric

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The impact of personality on behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games

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The impact of personality on cooperative and competitive behavior in five Prisoner's Dilemma games were examined to determine the possible gain of cross-fertilizing insights from psychology and economics. The rigidity of the assumption that the economic approach is more likely based on the assumption of the homo anonymous was reduced. The study focused on three traits, namely, self-monitoring, locus of control, sensation seeking and type-A behavior. Results show that personality indeed affect the behavior in Prisoner's Dilemma.

Psychological aspects, Behavioral assessment, Prisoner's dilemma game

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