Information quantity and quality affect the realistic accuracy of personality judgment

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-123

  Letzring, Tera D ^a,d   Wells, Shannon M ^b,c   Funder, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sanford Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^c Key Data Systems

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information quality; Information quantity; Judgment accuracy; Personality judgment; Realistic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REALITY TESTING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746347682     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.1.111     Document Type: Article

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