Can a Group Elicit Duets from Its Neighbours? A Field Study on the Black-Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) in Central Yunnan, China

2007 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Fan ◽  
Changming Liu ◽  
Wenshou Luo ◽  
Xuelong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Nomascus Concolor ◽  
Nomascus Concolor Jingdongensis

Investigating the Unified Motive Scales

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Martin Bettschart ◽  
Marcel Herrmann ◽  
Benjamin M. Wolf ◽  
Veronika Brandstätter
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Longitudinal Field ◽  
Explicit Motives ◽  
Achievement Motive

Abstract. Explicit motives are well-studied in the field of personality and motivation psychology. However, the statistical overlap of different explicit motive measures is only moderate. As a consequence, the Unified Motive Scales (UMS; Schönbrodt & Gerstenberg, 2012 ) were developed to improve the measurement of explicit motives. The present longitudinal field study examined the predictive validity of the UMS achievement motive subscale. Applicants of a police department ( n = 168, Mage = 25.11, 53 females and 115 males) completed the UMS and their performance in the selection process was assessed. As expected, UMS achievement predicted success in the selection process. The findings provide first evidence for the predictive validity of UMS achievement in an applied setting.

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