Question

Self-reports and informant ratings both tend to show:

	a. an increase in positive responses
	b. the honeymoon effect

	c. equal levels of reliability
	d. equal levels of validity

Answer 1

Answer- a) an increase in positive responses

Explanation- In the field of psychology, Self report is one of the popular assessment tools which involve gathering a person’s own information such as behaviors, attitudes, pattern of thinking etc. In other hand informant rating is another assessment technique in which a familiar person of the patient can describe that patient’s personality. According to the psychologists, both of these techniques can give a biased result such as increase of the positive behaviors.