Egocentric Pattern Projection: How Implicit Personality Theories Recapitulate the Geography of the Self

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Critcher, Clayton R ^a   Dunning, David ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

egocentrism; implicit personality theories; projection; social judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EGO; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROJECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650379837     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015670     Document Type: Article

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