Do we know when our impressions of others are valid? evidence for realistic accuracy awareness in first impressions of personality

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 452-459

  Biesanz, Jeremy C ^a   Human, Lauren J ^a   Paquin, Annie Claude ^a   Chan, Meanne ^a   Parisotto, Kate L ^a   Sarracino, Juliet ^a   Gillis, Randall L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear modeling multilevel modeling; Impression formation; Person perception; Personality; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051713395     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610397211     Document Type: Article

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