Self-raters show very little association between their introspective self-order of interests and the order attributed to them by peers, indicating a tendency to overrate themselves¶

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q2 i? Among 110 juniors, the correlation between the introspective order of interests and the objective (peer-pooled) order was +0.13, while the self-order correlated +0.46 with the ideal order, showing raters place themselves nearer the ideal than the typical. → Knight 1921

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Knight 1921¶

Knight, F. B., & Franzen, R. H. (1921). Pitfalls in rating schemes. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073817

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Rating study of 110 junior university students who ranked 34 interests for themselves, for the ideal junior, and for the typical junior; pooled orders were correlated. The article reports the introspective-objective correlation was "+0.13" and interprets it as very little self-other association.

"The correlation between the order of interests taken introspectively and that taken objectively was +0.13. Then there is very little association between what the junior thinks he is and what others think he is."

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• Self-overrating persists with a simplified grading method and on a behavioral self-analysis test, where raters claim far more 'Always' and far fewer 'Sometimes' for themselves than for others — related
• Raters correlate the importance of a trait with how much of it they credit themselves, an average correlation of +.52 read as a self-defense mechanism — related
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