Cronbach (1955) has proposed that accuracy of person perception scores be divided into several components as follows: Total. Elevation, Differential Elevation, Stereotype Accuracy, and Differential Accuracy. In the present paper, hypothetical items are presented to illustrate the fact that the system used in assigning scores can artifactually reduce the Differential Elevation and Stereotype Accuracy components and in extreme cases cause them to disappear completely. An empirical example is presented in which these artifacts of the scoring system could result in an erroneous conclusion that there is no generality in accuracy of person perception.
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