They are fakable because affective measures tap typical behaviors, not maximum behaviors.
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1998, Lynn Ann McFarland, Individual Differences in the Ability to Fake Across Non-cognitive Measures, Michigan State University. Department of Psychology, page 40, Finally, the percentage of items deemed fakable was varied.
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2016, Deborah L, Whetzel, Michael A. McDaniel, Situational Judgment Tests in High-Stakes Testing, Updesh Kumar (editor), The Wiley Handbook of Personality Assessment, John Wiley & Sons (Wiley Blackwell), page 206, Third, they concluded that SJTs are less fakable than personality inventories.
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