Effects of Salesman Faking Instructions on the Contact Personality Factor Test

Abstract
Effects of two faking instructions on the Contact Personality Factor Test were investigated. Contact and distortion scores were significantly increased under both faking sets. The instruction which warned that a means existed for detection of faking produced significantly smaller increases in contact and distortion than did the instruction without such warning. Distortion scores showed a moderate degree of effectiveness in discriminating between regular and faked administration protocols.