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Measuring Psychological Mechanisms--Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology
Pages 209-218

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... However, psychological research has shown that survey responses can vary as a function of the context in which the questions are embedded and can even be influenced by extraneous -- and seemingly innocuous -- factors like the weather (Schwarz, this volume)
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... This overview is followed by three short papers: two address measurement concerns and ways to minimize bias in self-reports; the third looks at the emerging use of neuroscience in social cognition research on aging. Breakthroughs in thought and theory often occur after improvements in measurement techniques and methodology are made; some of the latest developments discussed briefly here illustrate the potential for psychological research on aging.
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... COMMITTEE ON AGING FRONTIERS 211 shown to account for additional variance (e.g., Vargas, von Hippel, and Petty, 2004)
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... in the form of questionnaires administered years apart. Data are usually characterized by age differences in measures of central tendencies (e.g., means, medians, etc.)
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... emphases in the study of behavior. An experience-sampling study that included the full adult age range
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... 214 MEASURING PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS found that older adults experienced more complex combinations of emotions than younger adults and were more likely to experience positive and negative emotions simultaneously (Carstensen et al., 2000)
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... COMMITTEE ON AGING FRONTIERS 215 expressions, theory of mind, social emotions (e.g., empathy) , judgments of attractiveness, cooperation, and so forth.
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... New York: Cambridge University Press. Blair, I
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... Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(2)
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... Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychologi cal Sciences and Social Sciences, 58B(3)
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