Others sometimes know us better than we know ourselves

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Vazire, Simine ^a   Carlson, Erika N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; meta perception; peer reports; personality; self insight; self knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960202450     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411402478     Document Type: Article

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