Self-enhancement and theory-based correction processes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 830-835

  McCaslin, Michael J ^a   Petty, Richard E ^a   Wegener, Duane T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Correction; Judgment; Self enhancement; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955577912     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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