Exploring the Universality of Personality Judgments: Evidence From the Great Transformation (1000 BCE-200 BCE)

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-76

  Mayer, John D ^a   Lin, Stephanie C ^b   Korogodsky, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Phillips Exeter Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

History of psychology; Judgmentalism; Person perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952497411     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020711     Document Type: Article

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