Rich contexts do not always enrich the accuracy of personality judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1190-1195

  Wall, Helen J ^a   Taylor, Paul J ^b   Dixon, John ^c   Conchie, Stacey M ^b   Ellis, David A ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Context richness; Cue availability; First impression; Personality judgment; Trait visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884726626     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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