This is the most up to date version of this scale.

Construct Summary

The authors report that this scale measures individual differences in people’s tendency to anthropomorphize. The scale contains two dimensions: anthropomorphism of animals & anthropomorphism of non-animals.

Rating = 69%

Check?	Guideline Item
✓	Is the construct defined?
✓	Does the final version of the items capture the construct as it has been defined by the authors?
✓	Is the item generation process discussed (e.g., literature review, Delphi method, crowd-sourcing)?
✖	Person to items 10:1 for the initial set of items?
✓	Did they perform an EFA, PCA, Rasch, or similar test to determine the item to factor relationship?
✖	Did they describe how they determined number of factors?
✖	Did they report the full initial set of items?
✖	Did they provide loadings (EFA) or item fits (Rasch) of all items?
✓	Is there a description of the item removal process (e.g., using infit/outfit, factor loading minimum value, or cross-loading values)?
✓	Did they list the final items included in the scale?
✓	Did they include a factor structure test (e.g., second EFA, CFA, DIF, test for unidimensionality when using Rasch, or similar)?
✓	Was a measure of reliability (e.g., Cronbach’s alpha, McDonalds Omega_h or Omega_t, Tarkkonen’s Rho) reported?
✓	Was a test of validity (e.g., predictive, concurrent, convergent, discriminant) reported?

Comments Initial version of the items was 40 and those 10 additional items that were used in the first EFA were not listed in the appendix.

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PAPER
Waytz, A., Cacioppo, J., & Epley, N. (2010). Who sees human? The stability and importance of individual differences in anthropomorphism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(3), 219-232.

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Final Scale Items (15 total):

Anthropomorphism of animals
To what extent does the average fish have free will?
To what extent do cows have intentions?
To what extent does a cheetah experience emotions?
To what extent does the average insect have a mind of its own?
To what extent does the average reptile have consciousness?

Anthropomorphism of non-animals
To what extent does technology - devices and machines for manufacturing, entertainment, and productive processes (e.g., cars, computers, television sets) - have intentions?
To what extent does the average mountain have free will?
To what extent does a television set experience emotions?
To what extent does the average robot have consciousness?
To what extent does a car have free will?
To what extent does the ocean have consciousness?
To what extent does the average computer have a mind of its own?
To what extent does the environment experience emotions?
To what extent does a tree have a mind of its own?
To what extent does the wind have intentions?