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Question
Interpersonal Judgment Exercise
The following exercise will help you to see how well you and your best friend know each other.
For each quality listed below, give ratings for yourself (Column 1) and for your best friend in your class (Column 2). Also ask your friend to do the same kind of rating, for himself/herself (Column 1) and for you (Column 2). Use the following rating scale:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Very low on the quality |
Low | Neither low nor high |
High | Very high on the quality |
After you and your friend have completed the ratings, copy Column 2 ratings from your friend’s sheet on your sheet, under Column 3. Compare Column 3 ratings with Column 1 ratings in the case of each quality. Ask your friend to do the same task – that is, copy Column 2 ratings from your sheet on her/his sheet, under Column 3, and compare these ratings with her/his Column 1 ratings. Enter Column 3 minus Column 1 under Column 4.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| You rate yourself | You rate your friend | Rating of you by your friend | Column 3 minus Column 1 |
Friendly
Tense
Sincere
Pleasant
Open to new ideas
Examine the following. Are there any zeros in Column 4? On which quality is the difference greatest? On which quality is the difference smallest (other than zero)? In general, have you given yourself a higher or lower rating than what your friend has given you? Has your friend given herself/himself a higher or lower rating than what you have given your friend? The sign of the difference (plus or minus) should be noted only to see the direction of the difference.
The closer the ratings between Column 1 and Column 3 for both of you, the better you know each other. You can also compare your Column 1 with your friend's Column 1. The more similar these two ratings are, the greater the similarity between you and your friend.
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Solution
Sample Data Table
| Personality Quality | Column 1 (You rate yourself) |
Column 2 (You rate your friend) |
Column 3 (Rating of you by your friend) |
Column 4 (Column 3 minus Column 1) |
| Friendly | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Tense | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 |
| Sincere | 5 | 4 | 4 | −1 |
| Pleasant | 4 | 4 | 5 | +1 |
| Open to new ideas | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Exercise Analysis & Questions Answered
1. Are there any zeros in Column 4?
Yes, there are zeros for Friendly and Open to new ideas. This indicates perfect agreement between my self-perception and my friend's perception of me on these traits.
2. On which quality is the difference greatest?
The absolute difference value is the same across the remaining traits (\[1\]), but looking at direction:
- For Tense, my friend perceives me as more tense (4) than I perceive myself (3), resulting in a +1 difference.
- For Pleasant, my friend views me as more pleasant (5) than I view myself (4), resulting in a +1 difference.
3. On which quality is the difference smallest (other than zero)?
The difference is smallest on Sincere, where the score is −1 (I rated myself a 5, but my friend rated me a 4).
4. In general, have you given yourself a higher or lower rating than what your friend has given you?
In general, the scores are highly aligned. However, for qualities like Tense and Pleasant, my friend gave me a higher rating than I gave myself. For Sincere, I gave myself a higher rating than my friend did.
