Knowing too much: Using private knowledge to predict how one is viewed by others

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 542-548

  Chambers, John R ^a,e   Epley, Nicholas ^b   Savitsky, Kenneth ^c   Windschitl, Paul D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTUITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 44949097544     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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