... the way in which individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviours differ, and the stability of these differences over time is of great interest to psychologists (Pervin & John, 2001). Reliable and valid personality measures have been developed as a requirement to further studies into underlying personality characteristics and the variables that mediate them. One such type of personality assessment is multiple-choice or true/false judgements within tests, allowing the items to be scored objectively (Anastase & Urbina, 1997). An example of such a test would be to present a respondent with a series of statements about their personality and ask them to rate their accuracy. Early studies examining the acceptance of personality descriptions showed a tendency amongst individuals to believe generalised and ambiguous statements as being true (Forer, 1949). Regardless of the fact that these bogus descriptions could apply to most people, respondents tend to believe them to be uniquely applicable to ...

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