Not so fast: The (not-quite-complete) dissociation between accuracy and confidence in thin-slice impressions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-277

  Ames, Daniel R ^a   Kammrath, Lara K ^b   Suppes, Alexandra ^a   Bolger, Niall ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Confidence; First impressions; Metacognition; Thin slice impressions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING;

COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 75249092167     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209354519     Document Type: Article

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