Do We Know the First Impressions We Make? Evidence for Idiographic Meta-Accuracy and Calibration of First Impressions

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Carlson, Erika N ^a   Furr, R Michael ^b   Vazire, Simine ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal perception; personality; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959849656     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609356028     Document Type: Article

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