Abstract
This study introduces the Visual Perception Task, which measures the occurrence of dishonest behavior in a real-life situation. The aim was to evaluate its ecological validity using two scales measuring unethical work behavior: Cheating at work scale and the Work deviance scale.
All three methods were individually administered to 80 clinical participants (M= 36.2, SD = 12.2) and to two non-clinical groups differing by job type (white-collar workers: N = 58, M = 35.6/SD = 13.7 and blue-collar workers: N = 63, M = 42.6/SD = 14.4). The results of the statistical analyses revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the three groups at the computerized task and that the task significantly correlated with both scales.
Based on the modified interpretation of the computerized task, it was assumed that it might be useful to observe which choice respondents prefer when both sides of the square present the same number of dots.