Workmen's Compensation Acts. Tort Liability of Third Person in Position of Insurer of Compensation

Summary: The aim of the study is to assess the construct validity of two different measures of the Big Five, matching two “response modes” (phrase-questionnaire and list of adjectives) and two sources of information or raters (self-report and other ratings). Two-hundred subjects, equally divided in males and females, were administered the self-report versions of the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ) and the Big Five Observer (BFO), a list of bipolar pairs of adjectives ( Caprara, Barbaranelli, & Borgogni, 1993 , 1994 ). Every subject was rated by six acquaintances, then aggregated by means of the same instruments used for the self-report, but worded in a third-person format. The multitrait-multimethod matrix derived from these measures was then analyzed via Structural Equation Models according to the criteria proposed by Widaman (1985) , Marsh (1989) , and Bagozzi (1994) . In particular, four different models were compared. While the global fit indexes of the models were only moderate, convergent and discriminant validities were clearly supported, and method and error variance were moderate or low.

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First-Person Experiments in Thinking

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000301 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 189-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Renatus Ziegler ◽

Ulrich Weger

Keyword(s):

Physiological Parameters ◽

The Self ◽

First Person ◽

Psychological Phenomena ◽

Third Person ◽

Current Article ◽

Thinking Process ◽

Mental Contents

Abstract. In psychology, thinking is typically studied in terms of a range of behavioral or physiological parameters, focusing, for instance, on the mental contents or the neuronal correlates of the thinking process proper. In the current article, by contrast, we seek to complement this approach with an exploration into the experiential or inner dimensions of thinking. These are subtle and elusive and hence easily escape a mode of inquiry that focuses on externally measurable outcomes. We illustrate how a sufficiently trained introspective approach can become a radar for facets of thinking that have found hardly any recognition in the literature so far. We consider this an important complement to third-person research because these introspective observations not only allow for new insights into the nature of thinking proper but also cast other psychological phenomena in a new light, for instance, attention and the self. We outline and discuss our findings and also present a roadmap for the reader interested in studying these phenomena in detail.

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Effects of Light-Hearted and Serious Entertainment on Enjoyment of the First and Third Person

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000150 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 42-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Matthias Hofer

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Media Consumption ◽

First Person ◽

Online Experiment ◽

Entertainment Media ◽

Third Person Effect ◽

The Third ◽

Third Person ◽

Perceived Enjoyment ◽

The Third Person

Abstract. This was a study on the perceived enjoyment of different movie genres. In an online experiment, 176 students were randomly divided into two groups (n = 88) and asked to estimate how much they, their closest friends, and young people in general enjoyed either serious or light-hearted movies. These self–other differences in perceived enjoyment of serious or light-hearted movies were also assessed as a function of differing individual motivations underlying entertainment media consumption. The results showed a clear third-person effect for light-hearted movies and a first-person effect for serious movies. The third-person effect for light-hearted movies was moderated by level of hedonic motivation, as participants with high hedonic motivations did not perceive their own and others’ enjoyment of light-hearted films differently. However, eudaimonic motivations did not moderate first-person perceptions in the case of serious films.

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