Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses? Neglect of consensus information in young children's personality judgments

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-416

  Boseovski, Janet J ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral frequency; Consensus; Personality trait understanding; Positivity bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449116223     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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