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ABSTRACT
Mind perception involves attributing higher functional abilities to others (e.g., saying a dog feels pain). The relationships between mind perception and psychopathology—autism, psychopathy, and schizotypy—have been revealed by K. Gray, Jenkins, Heberlein, and Wegner (Citation2011); however, mind perception has yet to be correlated with personality. Participants (N = 180) completed measures of personality, psychopathology, and mind perception. The psychopathology results were consistent with Gray et al. (Citation2011). The Big Five captured mind perception virtually as much as the three psychopathologies captured mind perception. Mind perception is not solely relevant to psychopathology; it is also relevant to everyday personality.
Acknowledgments
We thank Ty Boyer and Jeff Klibert for providing helpful feedback on previous drafts. This research was supported in part by the Georgia Southern University Office of Research and Economic Development.
Notes
The formula for correction for unreliability for a given correlation is: where rXY is the observed correlation, whereas rXX and rYY refer to the reliabilities of the two variables, X and Y. This formula was originally presented by Spearman (Citation1904).