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Reports an error in "Intentional response distortion on personality tests: Using eye-tracking to understand response processes when faking" by Edwin A. J. van Hooft and Marise Ph. Born (Journal of Applied Psychology, 2012[Mar], Vol 97[2], 301-316). There was an error in the sixth sentence of the abstract, and an error in the first sentence of the second column on p. 307. The corrected sentences are provided in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2011-22089-001.) Intentional response distortion or faking among job applicants completing measures such as personality and integrity tests is a concern in personnel selection. The present study aimed to investigate whether eye-tracking technology can improve our understanding of the response process when faking. In an experimental within-participants design, a Big Five personality test and an integrity measure were administered to 129 university students in 2 conditions: a respond honestly and a faking good instruction. Item responses, response latencies, and eye movements were measured. Results demonstrated that all personality dimensions were fakeable. In support of the theoretical position that faking involves a less cognitively demanding process than responding honestly, we found that response times were on average 0.25 s slower and participants had less eye fixations in the fake good condition. However, in the fake good condition, participants had more fixations on the 2 extreme response options of the 5-point answering scale, and they fixated on these more directly after having read the question. These findings support the idea that faking leads to semantic rather than self-referenced item interpretations. Eye-tracking was demonstrated to be potentially useful in detecting faking behavior, improving detecting rates over and beyond response extremity and latency metrics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)
