Confirmatory Bias in the Evaluation of Personality Descriptions: Positive Test Strategies and Output Interference

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 736-744

  Davies, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141908249     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.4.736     Document Type: Article

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