"i Don't Mean to Sound Arrogant, but..." the Effects of Using Disclaimers on Person Perception

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-143

  El Alayli, Amani ^a   Myers, Christoffer J ^a   Petersen, Tamara L ^a   Lystad, Amy L ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmation bias; Disclaimers; Expectation effects; Impression formation; Person perception; Qualifiers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 36949037546     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207309200     Document Type: Article

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