Not Pollyannas: Higher Generalized Trust Predicts Lie Detection Ability

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Carter, Nancy L ^a   Weber, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

decision making; generalized trust; interpersonal processes; judgment; lie detection; organizational behavior; person perception; social interaction; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858211010     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609360261     Document Type: Article

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