Meta-Insight: Do People Really Know How Others See Them?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-846

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal perception; Meta perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053291144     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024297     Document Type: Article

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