Very interesting. As I wrote the post is was in the back of my mind that smelling testosterone is a possibility, so dominance could be a reasonable trait to measure. Interesting info about the Big Five possibly becoming the Big Six. I'll definitely have a read of the article Scott.
Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: > > > > > > > In at least some observer ratings studies of non-human animal (e.g., > chimpanzee) personality (plenty of controversy here; Sam Gosling at U of > Texas is the “to go” person to for this literature), dominance has emerged as > a sixth factor in addition to the Big Five. Its inclusion here along with > the traditional FFM is certainly not without precedent: > > > http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ajf/pdf/King%20%26%20Figueredo%201997.pdf > > > I’d rather read the article in full, which I’ve not yet done, before gauging > the quality of the design and analyses, and the likelihood of replication. > Have long found that judging articles from the Abstract is often a tricky > business. > > …Scott > > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology, Room 473 > Emory University > 36 Eagle Row, > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > slil...@emory.edu; 404-727-1125 > > > > From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:40 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] This one doesn't smell right > > > > > > > > Agreed that it has a lot of the indicators we use to question the validity of > a finding. > > However, I think it is possible, even likely, that body odor could be > connected to dominance. Testosterone is related to dominance and it spreads > to a lot of body fluids. That some odor unique to testosterone levels would > be perceptible and correlated with dominance scores would not shock me. But, > your point is well taken that they appear to be on a bit of a fishing > expedition in this one. > > Paul > > On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > > > > Lately we've been talking about the need to inject new journal review > procedures > (http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2011/11/ep-165-video-psychological-research-under-fire-what-can-we-do-about-it/). > Well, this is a little "armchair review", but I saw this articled > summarized on a website yesterday and I think something doesn't "smell" right > about it (if you'll excuse the pun): > > Does Personality Smell? Accuracy of Personality Assessments Based on Body > Odour > > Published in the European Journal of Personality > (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.848/abstract) > > From the abstract (bolding is mine): > > "...we investigated the relationship between body odour and the Big Five > personality dimensions and dominance. Sixty odour samples were assessed by 20 > raters each. The main finding of the presented study is that for a few > personality traits, the correlation between self-assessed personality of > odour donors and judgments based on their body odour was above chance level. > The correlations were strongest for extraversion (.36), neuroticism (.34) and > dominance (.29). Further analyses showed that self–other agreement in > assessments of neuroticism slightly differed between sexes and that the > ratings of dominance were particularly accurate for assessments of the > opposite sex. " > > Here's what stands out for me: > > They found significant (and weak) correlations in only 2 out o the big five > Using the "big five" scale sounds fine to me, but dominance isn't part of > the big five - why was it included unless they were just looking for > something to come out significant? Was dominance in their original > hypotheses? If so, why? > Were other personality constructs also measured? If so, what were the > results? > Just using the phrase "further analyses" raised my eyebrows (a fishing > exhibition?) > "differed slightly between the sexes" - does "slightly" mean significant or > not? > > I'll try to get ahold of the whole article, but this doesn't look like it > would hold up to replication. Thoughts? > > > > Michael A. 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