Comparing the Accuracy of Personality Judgments by the Self and Knowledgeable Others

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-337

  Kolar, David W ^a   Funder, David C ^a   Colvin, C Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF EVALUATION;

EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030162469     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00513.x     Document Type: Article

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