Title :
The implementation of the fuzziness index: examining relationships between intellectual abilities, age, gender, and fuzziness on several psychological dimensions
Author :
Takayanagi, Sumiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The implementation of the fuzziness index in measuring response style in psychosocial questions was examined, The fuzziness index revealed significant individual differences in response styles in psychological questionnaires, Significant correlations between the fuzziness in psychosocial behaviors and intellectual abilities were presented. The study highlighted the future possibility in modeling the degree and location of fuzziness in order to better understand enormously diverse human characteristics and psychological systems
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; psychology; social sciences; age; fuzziness; fuzziness index; gender; human characteristics; intellectual abilities; psychological dimensions; psychosocial behaviors; response style; Crystallization; Data analysis; Demography; Digital audio players; Electronic mail; Humans; Intellectual property; Large scale integration; Psychology; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 1994. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence., Proceedings of the Third IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1896-X
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZY.1994.343898
