Punishing hubris: The perils of overestimating one's status in a group

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-101

  Anderson, Cameron ^a,d   Ames, Daniel R ^b   Gosling, Samuel D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Positive illusions; Self enhancement; Self perception; Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 36949012978     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207307489     Document Type: Article

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