The many faces of assumed similarity in perceptions of personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 800-815

  Paunonen, Sampo V ^a   Hong, Ryan Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Assumed similarity; Person perception; Personality ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884223362     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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