The mixed blessings of self-knowledge in behavioral prediction: Enhanced discrimination but exacerbated bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 641-655

  Epley, Nicholas ^a   Dunning, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Calibration; Discrimination; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; PROBABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PROBABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33645781528     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205284007     Document Type: Article

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