What do you learn about someone over time? The relationship between length of acquaintance and consensus and self-other agreement in judgments of personality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-135

  Biesanz, Jeremy C ^a   West, Stephen G ^b   Millevoi, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acquaintance; Consensus; Personality; Stereotype accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846023674     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.1.119     Document Type: Article

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