Characteristics

Code:

A-CA-mh-ri-v-2-b

Focus:

Affect: Cheerful Appearance (A-CA)

Time frame:

last hour (mh)

Mode:

rating by interviewer (ri)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

2

Description

Interviewer rating of cheerfulness:

Altogether the respondent looks.....
2  quite cheerful
1  not too cheerful
-   difficult to say

Part of the 8 item Allensbacher Ausdrücktest which also involves ratings of cheerful appearance in: look, mouth, posture, movements, eyes, elbows and lips. This general rating is the last item in the test.