Resolution of Meta-Accuracy: Should People Trust Their Beliefs About How Others See Them?

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-426

  Carlson, Erika N ^a   Furr, Michael ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal perception; metacognition; personality; self knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878515318     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612461653     Document Type: Article

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