Perceiving Others' Personalities: Examining the Dimensionality, Assumed Similarity to the Self, and Stability of Perceiver Effects

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 520-534

  Srivastava, Sanjay ^a   Guglielmo, Steve ^b   Beer, Jennifer S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Halo effect; informant reports; perceiver effects; self perception; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649143527     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017057     Document Type: Article

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