The cost of forming more accurate impressions: Accuracy-motivated perceivers see the personality of others more distinctively but less normatively than perceivers without an explicit goal

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-594

  Biesanz, Jeremy C ^a   Human, Lauren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Impression formation; Person perception; Personality; Social goals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951224326     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610364121     Document Type: Article

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