A Constant Error in Psychological Ratings.

Thorndike, E. L. (1920). A Constant Error in Psychological Ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 4(1), 25-29.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1920

DOI

10.1037/h0071663

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071663

Cited from

cognitive_science, statistics_experimental_design

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3 citations across 3 artifacts.

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Primes

• Associative Property Transfer
  • In cognition and perception it is the halo effect, in which one positive trait imputed to a target transfers positive evaluation to its other traits, along with its inverse the horn effect.
• Cross-Dimensional Leakage
  • Social cognition: the halo effect — a single overall impression of a person contaminates ratings of distinct traits (intelligence, warmth, competence).

Mechanisms

• Peer Review
  • Without a benchmark or safety frame, peer review degrades into a popularity or status judgment, where a reviewer's overall impression of the author colors the assessment of the work — the halo effect at play.

    This sourceDemonstrates the halo error in which an overall impression of a person colors judgments of specific qualities.

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