Implicit simplicity at low acquaintanceship: Evidence for a g-factor of personality in personality judgments

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-526

  Rauthmann, John F ^a   Kolar, Gerald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Big Five; Higher order factors; Implicit simplicity; Interpersonal perception; Judgment heuristics; Perceiver effects; Personality judgment; Personality perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449088732     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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