However, this study was not without limitations; the consensual ratings were derived using research assistants’ ratings of the participants’ written descriptions of the situation.
Only the participant actually experienced the original situation.
That is, the research assistants read descriptions of real situations provided by the participants written on 3 5 (in.) notecards and then rated what they thought those situations were like, never actually seeing or experiencing the situation the participant experienced.
This raises at least two possible methodological problems.