Accurate Personality Judgment

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-182

  Funder, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; person perception; personality; personality judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862009928     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412445309     Document Type: Article

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