Abstract
Abstract The present study investigated the effects of Time of Day tested and Extraversion upon the temporal variability of children's test responses. Junior high students were tested on repeated occasions in either early morning or afternoon sessions. The Kinetic Family Drawing Test and Wide Range Achievement Test-Arithmetic generated three variability measures. As hypothesized, a significant Time of Day x Extraversion interaction occurred on the family drawings; introverts were more consistent over time of day while extraverts became more inconsistent. Variability in arithmetic answers was found to increase over time of day for boys but not for girls. Variability in choice of problem attempted was multiply determined. Sex accounted for the greatest amount of variance in overall temporal variability scores. The results were discussed within Eysenck's arousal based personality theory and provides support of the notion that there are systematic individual differences in the variability of children's test responses.
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