Effects of Culture and Response Format on Extreme Response Style
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 20 (3), 296-309
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022189203004
Abstract
Do cultural and ethnic groups differ in their extreme response style? To answer this question, Hispanic and non-Hispanic subjects were asked to respond to a questionnaire on 5-point or 10-point scales. As predicted, Hispanics were found to exhibit a stronger tendency for extreme checking (about half the time, on the average) than non-Hispanic, but only when the 5-point scales were used. Use of 10-point scales reduced the extreme responses of the Hispanics to the level of non-Hispanics. Extreme responses of non-Hispanics were not affected by the scales. Implications of the findings for social research are discussed.Keywords
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