Download or read book New Perspectives on Faking in Personality Assessment written by Matthias Ziegler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, a diverse group of world experts in personality assessment showcase a range of different viewpoints on response distortion. Contributors consider what it means to "fake" a personality assessment, why and how people try to obtain particular scores on personality tests, and what types of tests people can successfully manipulate. Anyone who wonders whether people exaggerate or lie outright on personality tests -- or questions what psychologists can and should do about it -- will find in this book stimulating questions and useful answers.